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American Architecture

Andrews, Wayne. Architecture in America. Boston: Atheneum, “A photographic history from the colonial period to the present” (title page).

Ford, Larry R. Cities and Buildings: Skyscrapers, Skid Rows, and Suburbs. Baltimore; London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Gowans, Alan. Images of American Living. New York: Lippincott; Harper & Row, 1964; 1976. “Four centuries of architecture and furniture as cultural expression” (title page).

Hammett, Ralph W. Architecture in the United States: a Survey of Architectural Styles since 1776. New York: Wiley, 1976. Twenty-year cycles from 1775 to 2000.

Kidder-Smith, G. E. A Pictorial History of Architecture in America. American Heritage, 1976. Handsome, comprehensive survey arranged by region.

Packard, Robert T. Encyclopedia of American Architecture. New York; London: McGraw-Hill, Revised edition of Hunt, William Dudley: Encyclopedia of American Architecture, 1980. Standard work, well illustrated. Solid, informative articles include history, styles, biographies; for general readers.

Pierson, William H. American Buildings and their Architects. Oxford University Press, v. 1: The colonial and neoclassical style. Originally published New York: Doubleday, 1970. Standard work.

Roth, Leland M. A Concise History of American Architecture. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Brief overview of architectural history.

Whiffen, Marcus, and Koeper, Frederick. American Architecture 1607-1976. MIT Press, 1981-1983. Timely and authoritative, comprehensive, illustrated survey in 2 volumes.

American Art

American Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Photography. New York: Abrams, 1979. Thorough survey, colonial times to the present.

The Britannica Encyclopaedia of American Art. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1973. Painting, sculpture, architecture, and photography.

Alloway, Lawrence. American Pop Art. London: Macmillan, 1974. Critique of artists, characteristics.

Duncan, Alastair. American Art Deco. London: Thames and Hudson, 1986. Well-illustrated art book of both general and scholarly interest.

Lewis, Samella S. Art: African-American. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1978. Black visual artists from the 17th to the mid-20th century.

Lucie-Smith, Edward. American Art Now. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. Survey by leading British art critic.

Munro, Eleanor C. Originals: American Women Artists. New York: Simon & Schuster, Illustrated survey.

Sandler, Irving. American Art of the 1960s. London: Harper & Row, 1988. A leading American critic's account of the Pop Art decade.

Smith, Terry. Making the Modern: Industry, Art, and Design in America. Chicago; London: University of Chicago Press, 1993. Illustrated history of American design.

Wilmerding, John. American Art. Viking, 1976. Reliable compendium.