San Antonio College Library

"The history of American art in the twentieth century is one of revolt, of conflict. It is the story of the American artist's attempt to free himself from European models yet at the same time join the mainstream of Western art. . . . Miss Rose traces the evolution of American art within the context of social, historical, and intellectual events."

Over 50 essays and commentaries by artists, writers and others of the particular time period.

A cultural history of American art from early Colonial times through the late twentieth-century, tracing the development of painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and the decorative arts, and featuring 752 black-and-white and color illustrations.

An anthology of Negro American art which the author calls a "picture book of responses to needs, situations, surroundings and ideas," offering a glimpse of the "shape of Negro things to come." The first section, entitled "Perspectives," is a literary analysis and interpretation of various facets of the artistic world and the problems it poses. The second section includes the illustrations, which range from a late 18th century portrait to recent work....

First edition has title: Readings in American art since 1900.