Themes in American Painting: A Reference Work to Common Styles and Genres (Philosophy)

Examined are 13 common themes in American painting: mother and child; modes of transportation; the clown; the city; sports; the crucifixion; interiors; natural disasters; wars and aftermath; social protest and injustice; still life; self-portraits; and music. The work of many artists (Ben Shahn, Frederick Remington, Arthur G. Dove, Jacob Lawrence and many others) are used to illustrate common styles. The themes and artists were chosen to represent varying emotional moods and approaches to composition; naturalism, realism, cubism, abstract, abstract expressionism, photorealism and pop schools of art are represented. Heavily illustrated.Robert Henkes is the author of 'Themes in American Painting: A Reference Work to Common Styles and Genres (Philosophy)', published 1992 under ISBN 9780899507347 and ISBN 0899507344.