A tour of America's most notable museums is also a history of the nation's art that highlights each location's top works while discussing the backgrounds of eac
American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. Thi
Celebrating the reopening of the newly restored Smithsonian American Art Museum, a premier collection of American art features more than 250 reproductions of gr
This handsome tribute to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. traces the history of the museum from conception to construction on the occasion of its
Collects the best artwork created before, during and following the Civil War, in the years between 1859 and 1876, along with extensive quotations from men and w