This book significantly advances the study of pioneering black dancers by providing valuable biographical and historical information on a group of artists who worked during the 1920s-1940s to legitimize dance of the African diaspora as a serious art form. Author sets these seminal artists and their innovations in the contexts of African-American culture and American modern dance and explores their creative synthesis of material from European-American, African-American sources

The book sketches periods in America`s history - from the colonial period and Revolution through the Civil War, to the Gilded Age, World War II, and modern art - to create a vibrant portrait of creativity, reflection, and celebration

The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes showcases Richard Mack's ability to tell a compelling visual story through his lens, while offering readers a breathtaking glimpse into a unique chapter in American history

This book embraces the full scope of American art from the sixteenth century to the present. This is a truly comprehensive look both at the history of art in America and at the reciprocal influence of American art and society

The great improvisational American jazz musicians of the mid-20th century inspired a generation of photographers to develop a looser, moodier style of visual expression. Covering six decades of performers —from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to John Coltrane and Miles Davis—this unique collection is as much a comprehensive catalogue of jazz greats as it is a salute to the photographers who captured them

Drawing extensively from various disciplines including ethnology, geography, geology, and environmental studies, this groundbreaking book addresses shifting concepts of time, history, and landscape in relation to the work of pioneering American artists during the first half of the 20th century

Street Art is a global phenomenon, one of the most popular and hotly discussed areas of art-making on the contemporary scence. The book includes interviews with leading street art proponents of the last three decades

The development of the movie poster shares a parallel history with the evolution of film, from its beginnings in the 1900s to the present day. This book charts 100 years in the visual development of the movie poster and brings together a unique collection of posters from around the world

The book looks at the works and lives of artists from the 18th century to the present, it continues to reveal the rich legacy of work by African American artists, whose art is now included in the permanent collections of national and international museums as well as in major private collections

This is the first comprehensive study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian ancestry active in the United States before 1970. The publication features original essays by 10 leading scholars, biographies of more than 150 artists, and over 400 reproductions of artwork, ephemera, and images of the artists