American art

Since then many American Movements have shaped Modern and Post Modern art.The American art in its development absorbed and assimilated many different influences.It is American in subject matter, in emotional and intellectual content, and in style.It is a strong realist tradition which constitutes a distinct feature of American painting.A new, important stage in the history of American art began.A distinct American school in portraiture and depiction of historical events was evident by 1800.By the middle of the century they had formed a numerous and ponderable layer of American society.American art was deeply affected by this leveling influence of democratization.These artists formed a consciously native school -the first in American art.American heroes were rarely portrayed with the pomp that surrounded European aristocracy.