1. Colonial America and the young republic, 1700-1820. Plantations
The revival of African culture on the plantations
A planter's house in Louisiana
Plantation slave artists and craftsmen
Urban slave artists and craftsmen.
2. Nineteenth-century America, the Civil War and Reconstruction
Architecture, the decorative arts, and folk art
Fine arts: painting, sculpture, and graphic arts
3. Twentieth-century America and modern art, 1900-60
African-American culture, the new negro and art in the 1920s
The patronage of the new negro artist
State funding and the rise of African-American art.
(cont.d) American culture post World War II
Abstract expressionism and African-American art.
4. Twentieth-century America: the evolution of a black aesthetic
Cultural crisis: black artist of American artist?
The evolution of a modern black aesthetic
Art institutions and artists' groups
Towards a new abstraction
The postmodern condition, 1980-93.
