By the mid-19th century, the proud young country wanted a voice of its own. Over the next 50 years, it produced one.

Mid-century modern design is hard to pin down. As soon as you think you have grasped it, it re-invents itself. Unlike the ...

By the late 20th century ... as the Great American Road Trip—a rite of passage chronicled by luminaries from Alexis de Tocqueville to Jack Kerouac. The Great American Mid-Century Modern ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced ... from the papers of the tastemakers who advanced the aesthetic ...