Lecture 1. Art in the New World
Lecture 2. 18th-century colonial art
Lecture 3. The genius of Copley and C.W. Peale
Lecture 4. A revolution in art
Lecture 5. Portraiture in Federal America
Lecture 6. Early historical and landscape painting
Lecture 7. The 1820s : art in the era of good feelings
Lecture 8. Thomas Cole and the American landscape
Lecture 9. Thomas Cole: the late years
Lecture 10. Other views, other visions
Lecture 11. American genre painting
Lecture 12. Native Americans and westward expansion
Lecture 13. The Civil War in art
Lecture 14. The glow of peace
Lecture 15. Art: the mirror of social change
Lecture 16. 1876-1893: the civic revival of the nation
Lecture 17. 1885-1900: contrasts of dark and light
Lecture 18. Americans abroad: expatriate painters
Lecture 19. Thomas Eakins: innovation and rejection
Lecture 20. Thomas Eakins: success and scandal
Lecture 21. The last years: "And who is Eakins?"
Lecture 22. Winslow Homer in England and New England
Lecture 23. Winslow Homer: the last years
Lecture 24. Ourselves and our posterity.
