American art

American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and architecture, Mexican art and architecture, Spanish colonial art and architecture, and Canadian art and architecture.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Twentieth Century
• After the Civil War
• From the Revolution to the Civil War
• The Colonial Period
• Bibliography

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