Thames & Hudson

 

Framing America
Second Edition
by Frances K. Pohl,
Pomona College

600 pages
685 illustrations, 348 in color
paperback
ISBN 978-0-500-28715-6

 
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SECOND EDITION

  • A true social history of art
    The second edition includes increased coverage of social issues and of work by women, Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, along with traditional and canonical artists.
  • Expanded contemporary focus
    The book includes works created since 2001 that address some of the most important aesthetic, technological, and political developments of the first decade of the twenty-first century.
  • Increased coverage of architecture
    The second edition features historic and contemporary examples of religious, domestic, and commercial buildings.
  • Pedagogical innovations
    Illustrated two-page timelines help the student navigate the combined chronological and thematic organization of the chapters, and a reorganized and updated bibliography for each chapter facilitates student research.

Book Overview

Table of Contents

Preface

Sample Chapter

Highlights

Quotes

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