American Art and Artists

Modern and contemporary art can be both baffling and beautiful, it can also be innovative, political, and disturbing. Closely informed by critical approaches, this book sets out to provide the first concise interpretation of this period. Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, and Damien Hirst are among many artists discussed, within the political and cultural worlds they inhabited. The theoretical and issue-based debates that have driven the...

"In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted to the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of mass culture. Done in cold colours and inhabited by anonymous characters, Hopper's paintings also symbolically reflect the Great Depression. Through a series of different reproductions...

Focuses on how to draw domesticated animals, the tamed creatures that share our lives. This book features everyone's favourite animals, ranging from the popular breeds of dogs and cats to horses and other hoofed mammals, and reptiles. It shows each type of animal in general and then goes into the various traits that make each breed distinctive.

Chronicles the history of American classical music, discussing significant events and providing anecdotes about composers; and includes an audio CD.