Three Lectures on American Art

Discover the story of American art through three fascinating lectures tracing the nation’s cultural journey from colonial beginnings to contemporary creativity.

The Making of the USA explores the rise of American painting — from early folk and sign painters to the refined portraits of John Singleton Copley, the grandeur of landscape art, and the bold innovations of expatriate artists such as James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt.

A Country Divided examines how artists captured the realities of a changing America: immigration, industrialisation, towering cityscapes, the hardship of the Depression, the haunting isolation of Edward Hopper, and the vibrant emergence of African American culture.

American Values follows the explosive creativity of post-war America — from the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko to the Pop Art revolution of Andy Warhol, the rise of 1980s art icons Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cindy Sherman, and the diverse voices shaping American art today.

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Lecture 1 : Moorish Architecture - Seville, Grenada and Cordoba

Lecture 2: Splendid examples of churches, synagogues and mosques in Toledo, working Spanish city of the mighty El Greco

Lecture 3: Son of Toledo - El Greco