In this distinguished work, which Hilton Kramer in The New York Times Book Review called "surely the best book ever written on the subject," Barbara Novak illuminates what is essentially American about American art.

In this richly illustrated volume, featuring more than fifty black-and-white illustrations and a beautiful eight-page color insert, Barbara Novak describes how for fifty extraordinary years, American society drew from the idea of Nature its ...

A short, brilliantly researched treatise on what it means to be American, looking at America's paramount artists and writers, by acclaimed art historian Barbara Novak. Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photos.

A stunning view of one of the most important collections in the world. The Thyssen-Bornemisza is perhaps the definitive collection of 19th century American painting.

Studies the work of the Hudson River School artists, the Lumiists and other mid-nineteenth century painters of the American landscape, setting the work of these artists into the broadest cultural context.

This fascinating novel by Barbara Novak blends painstaking scholarship and compelling fiction writing as it follows the lives of two women, one the subject of the other's research.

This study reevaluates Christopher Pearse Cranch's career as a Hudson River School artist and considers his landscape paintings within the larger context of American culture

This book surveys Heade's long and diverse career and includes examples of his portraits, landscapes, hummingbirds, still lifes, and flowers.

Samuel pulls no punches in revealing the flaws in today's accepted business thinking.