tter known. After working in Europe, American impressionists William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, and Edmund C. Tarbell also experimented with the art of genre. These works often focused on life in the country and refined domestic pursuits, as evident in Chase »s sparkling depiction of a social visit, A Friendly Call <javascript:OpenBrWindow(«images/g12.htm»,«g12»,«resizable=yes,width=210,height=220»)>.the early twentieth century, interpretation of modern urban life became an important element of American genre. A level of social commentary was added by members of the Ashcan school with the weary laborers <javascript:OpenBrWindow(«images/g13.htm»,«g13»,«resizable=yes,width=190,height=285»)> depicted by George Luks and the bloodied boxers <javascript:OpenBrWindow(«images/g14.htm»,«g14»,«resizable=yes,width=210,height=260»)> of George Bellows. Between the World Wars, artists such as Guy Pіne du Bois <javascript:OpenBrWindow(«images/g15.htm»,«g15»,«resizable=yes,width=210,height=295»)> and Edward Hopper depicted urban scenes, often with a sense of isolation and melancholy appropriate to the Great Depression.World War II, the rise of abstract art overshadowed traditional representation. But in the late twentieth century figurative painting returned, and imagery from popular and consumer culture were incorporated into a contemporary version of genre. Works by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein <javascript:OpenBrWindow(«images/g16.htm»,«g16»,«resizable=yes,width=210,height=260»)> andRed Grooms <javascript:OpenBrWindow(«images/g17.htm»,«g17»,«resizable=yes,width=210,height=260»)> invest a traditional style with a new dimension of playfulness and social irony [4].
3. THE MOST FAMOUS MUSEUMS IN THE USA
.1 The American Museum of Natural History
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.1 The Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation
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art has gone through all sorts of difficulties such as wars and revolutions that has affected on its development. Gradually there were various genres, styles and trends in American art.course work sought to provide an accurate and systematic description of American art. In the course work the main stages in development of painting in the US, the major genres of painting, the most famous museums and art galleries have been examined. The work has shown the most important periods in the development of American art, affects of various events in the country on it, the main genres of painting and its main representatives such as John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer and James Peale.we knew about the most famous museums such as Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus...
