In Lure of the West, choice paintings and sculptures illustrate changing attitudes toward the West—its landscape, peoples, and development—from the 1820s through the 1940s. Charles Bird King, George Catlin, and others documented Native American cultures, while Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran painted pristine wilderness. Later, members of the Taos Society of Artists presented the rich Hispanic cultures and rugged terrain of the Southwest.

The Gilded Age - From the 1870s through the 1920s, the nation’s prosperity brought a new sophistication and elegance to American art. This book contains more than fifty full-color reproductions that convey the richness and variety of the period—rugged landscapes by Winslow Homer, exotic Middle Eastern themes by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Henry Ossawa Tanner, spiritual seascapes by Albert Pinkham Ryder, as well as Renaissance-inspired paintings of Abbott Handerson Thayer.