| Preface | p. 13 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 14 |
| Colonial America | |
| The New World and New Spain | p. 16 |
| Architecture and Decorative Arts: Virginia, New England, and New Netherland in the Seventeenth Century | p. 28 |
| Painting and Sculpture: The Seventeenth Century | p. 42 |
| Architecture and Decorative Arts: 1700-50 | p. 52 |
| Painting and Sculpture: 1700-50 | p. 68 |
| Architecture and Decorative Arts: 1750-76 | p. 79 |
| Painting: After 1750 | p. 94 |
| The Federal Period | |
| Architecture: 1785-1830 | p. 110 |
| Decorative Arts: 1785-1830 | p. 128 |
| Painting: The Tradition of the Grand Manner, 1785-1830 | p. 135 |
| Painting: Still Life, Genre, Landscape, and Natural History, 1785-1830 | p. 153 |
| Sculpture: 1785-1830 | p. 163 |
| The Romantic Period | |
| Architecture: The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism, 1825-70 | p. 172 |
| The Decorative Arts: The Age of Romanticism and Eclecticism, 1800-70 | p. 190 |
| Painting: Landscape, 1825-70 | p. 198 |
| Painting: Genre, Narrative, Still Life, and Portraiture, 1825-70 | p. 221 |
| Photography: The Early Years, 1839-70 | p. 237 |
| Sculpture: Neoclassicism and Naturalism, 1825-70 | p. 248 |
| Folk Art: A Special Mode of Vision | p. 261 |
| The American Renaissance | |
| Architecture: The Age of Capitalism, Imperialism, and High Society, 1870-1900 | p. 280 |
| Toward Modern Architecture: New Technologies and the Advent of the Skyscraper, 1850-1900 | p. 302 |
| The Artful Interior: Cosmopolitanism, the Aesthetic Movement, and the American Home, 1870-1900 | p. 314 |
| Painting: The Naturalistic Tradition and Cosmopolitanism, 1870-1900 | p. 329 |
| Painting: American Impressionism, American Renaissance, and Trompe l'Oeil Realism | p. 349 |
| Photography: 1870-1900 | p. 367 |
| Sculpture: From the American Renaissance to the Western Frontier, 1870-1900 | p. 377 |
| The Early Modern Period | |
| Architecture: The First Generation of Modernism, 1900-40 | p. 392 |
| Decorative Arts and Interiors: The Age of the Machine and Streamlining, 1900-40 | p. 412 |
| Painting: Realism and Regionalism, 1900-40 | p. 422 |
| Painting: The Modern Mode, 1900-40 | p. 444 |
| Photography: Aesthetic Maturity, 1900-40 | p. 468 |
| Sculpture: Tradition, Diversity, and Anarchy, 1900-40 | p. 483 |
| Postwar Modern, Postmodern Art | |
| Architecture: The International Style and the "Glass Box," 1940 to the Present | p. 500 |
| Architecture: Diversity and Reaction, 1940 to the Present | p. 515 |
| Design in America: Modern and Postmodern, 1940 to the Present | p. 529 |
| Painting: The African-American Experience, Social Realism, and Abstraction, 1940 to the Present | p. 543 |
| Painting: Hardedge Colorfield, Pop Art, and Realism, 1940 to the Present | p. 566 |
| Sculpture: Old Traditions and New Directions, 1940 to the Present | p. 585 |
| Sculpture: Feminism, Found Objects, Pop, Minimalism, and Realism, 1940 to the Present | p. 595 |
| Photography: 1940 to the Present | p. 620 |
| Glossary | p. 641 |
| Bibliography | p. 646 |
| Notes | p. 664 |
| Picture Credits | p. 666 |
| Index | p. 672 |
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