Framing America: A Social History of American Art

For more than a generation, critics have been revising and expanding the customary definition of American art. A tradition once assumed to be mainly European and oriented toward painting and sculpture is now enriched by other media such as ceramics and needlework, and by the work of previously marginalized groups such as African-Americans and Native Americans. Combining original scholarship and synthesis, this lavishly illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive survey of this new, enlarged vision of American art.