The catalogue of an exhibition at six museums from 1986-1987. This handsome volume highlights eighty-one paintings and sculptures representing the best--and the breadth--of the National Museum of American Art. Each work appears in a full-page color plate and is accompanied by a brief essay exploring its style and content. In addition, the book presents brief biographies of the artists, as well as illustrated essays on twenty-six painters and sculptors whose work, in quality and number, are of special significance to the collection.

Treasures from the National Museum of American Art

WIlliam Kloss

Travel

Smithsonian Institution Press

Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance (The Great Courses, "Complete Set")

The Teaching Company

A History of European Art (Great Courses, 4 Volume Set)

Many Americans study the great artists of Europe but neglect the remarkable painters of our own national tradition. In these 24 engaging and informative lectures, you encounter the brilliant paintings of the homegrown masters who documented the birth of our nation from its colonial roots up to the brink of World War I and the birth of Modernism. As you examine this vital artistic tradition, you discover how appreciating the legacy of American art is crucial to fully understanding the story of our great nation. Your guide is Professor William Kloss, a noted scholar and art historian who has taught more than 100 courses as an independent lecturer for the Smithsonian Institution's seminar and travel program. Professor Kloss highlights the uniquely American approach to art, examining some of the greatest paintings of the tradition within the larger context of our country's history and culture. Along the way, you sample some of the finest works in the American tradition - memorable masterpieces that rival the great paintings of Europe. You view these great works as part of an ever-developing story, in which master artists capture the portrait of a nation as it grows and changes. As you savor Professor Kloss's enlightening commentary, you also enjoy a feast for the eyes, as each painting is shown in rich, full-color reproductions worthy of these great masterpieces.

Masterworks of American Art

The Great Courses

24 Lectures 1Greatness in Painting 2The Majesty of Duccio and Giotto 3Acts of Faith-Masaccio, Van Eyck, Van der Weyden 4The Diversity of Piero, Mantegna, Botticelli 5The Devotion of Bellini, Geertgen, Dürer 6Masterworks by Leonardo, Raphael, Correggio 7Great Ensembles-Michelangelo and Grünewald 8Ideal and Real-Giorgione, Titian, Holbein 9Living and Dying-Bruegel, El Greco, Caravaggio 10Life Stories by Ter Brugghen, Rubens, Steen 11Inside Vermeer, Velázquez, Rembrandt 12Spirit and Thought-Hals, Rembrandt, La Tour 13The Serenity of Poussin, Claude, Watteau 14In Contrast-Chardin, Tiepolo, Gainsborough 15Dark Images of David, Goya, Friedrich 16The Worlds of Constable, Turner, Delacroix 17Dark to Bright-Courbet, Church, Monet 18Alone and Together-Whistler, Degas, Renoir 19Unlike Any Other-Sargent, Manet, Seurat 20Close Observation-Cézanne, Van Gogh, Homer 21The Human Condition-Munch, Matisse, Schiele 22Art in Time of War-Monet and Picasso 23Time and Memory-Magritte, Hopper, Gorky 24Expressive Abstractions-Pollock and Hofmann

The Great Courses/ Teaching Company: The World's Greatest Paintings

Teaching Company

Art in the White House by art historian William Kloss serves as a comprehensive catalog of the White House fine arts collection of more than 500 works by America's most celebrated artists. The collection includes Gilbert Stuart, Albert Bierstadt, Charles Bird King, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, and Georgia O'Keeffe. First released in 1992 and updated in 2008, this third edition contains a supplement detailing acquisitions in the last ten years by America's most famous modern painters, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, and Alma Thomas. This award-winning volume, lavishly illustrated, presents short essays by the art historian William Kloss on a selection of more than 100 works and extended essays on the collection itself by the art historians John Wilmerding, Doreen Bolger, and David Park Curry as well as a catalog compiled by the White House Office of the Curator.

Art in the White House

White House Historical Association

White House History #61: As Time Goes By: Historic Moments in the Life of the White House

Daniel Shanks

William Allman

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