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Foreword
Elizabeth Glassman
Description: Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources
Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources
~The Terra Foundation for American Art is proud to provide this anthology, an unprecedented resource for the study and understanding of the visual arts of the United States to readers around the world. By bringing together in a single volume artworks and period documents spanning three centuries, Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources...
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Elizabeth Glassman
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
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Foreword
The Terra Foundation for American Art is proud to provide this anthology, an unprecedented resource for the study and understanding of the visual arts of the United States to readers around the world. By bringing together in a single volume artworks and period documents spanning three centuries, Art of the United States, 1750–2000: Primary Sources fits squarely with our mission to foster exploration, understanding, enjoyment, and cross-cultural dialogue on American art. To further underscore our commitment to that ambition, future editions will make these essential texts available in translation in multiple European and Asian languages.
In recent years, the Terra Foundation’s visiting professorships and teaching and research fellowships have expanded, with positions developed and implemented throughout Europe and in China, Japan, and Australia. This publication aligns with the wider goals of these academic programs to reach and support this increasingly international community of scholars. Within the foundation’s larger publications program, emphasis on translation has long been a hallmark of our work, including support of the upcoming two-volume anthology Hot Art, Cold War: European Writing on American Art, 1945–1990 and grant programs administered by the College Art Association and Yale University Press that fund translation of significant resources in American art history for diverse global audiences.
The experience of supporting these programs has opened our eyes to the need for a resource designed to meet the needs of all levels of undergraduate and graduate students and scholars working on American art nationally and internationally. Within these pages, we thus invite you to explore the story of American art, told through its many diverse voices—including artists, critics, patrons, and other commenters—and accompanied by newly commissioned contextual essays and full-color illustrations of key artworks.
On behalf of the Terra Foundation for American Art and its board of directors, we extend our sincere appreciation to John Davis and Michael Leja, for their commitment to expanding global access to American art history resources and for developing this sourcebook in close collaboration with our staff. We are most grateful to Francesca Rose, who conceived the publication and shepherded it to realization with unwavering determination and enthusiasm. To our involved staff and many external collaborators who have made this project possible, from initial advisory committees to the final stages of production, we express our gratitude. Finally, we would most like to thank you, the reader, for engaging and participating in this rich cross- cultural exchange on American art.
Elizabeth Glassman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Terra Foundation for American Art