这本插图精美的书籍通过费城艺术博物馆的***收藏丰富地介绍了美国现代主义，并着重介绍了于1910年至1950年间在美国创作的油画和雕塑作品。生动活泼的文字包括以前未公开过的档案照片，探讨了这座博物馆和费城从现代主义诞生之初在促进现代主义方面所起的作用。来自摄影师圈和画廊主阿尔弗雷德•斯蒂格里茨（Alfred Stieglitz）的国际知名艺术家的作品，包括亚瑟•道夫（Arthur Dove），马斯登•哈特利（Marsden Hartley），佐治亚•奥基夫（Georgia O’Keeffe）和查尔斯•谢勒（Charles Sheeler），在本书中被和艺术史主流之外的艺术家的作品放在一起介绍。本书从这些画家的作品中提取出视觉方面的联系，同时创造了引人入胜的并列结构，讲述了费城艺术博物馆独有的现代美国艺术故事。

With an emphasis on painting and sculpture made in the United States between 1910 and 1950, this gorgeously illustrated volume offers a rich introduction to American modernism through the world-class collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The lively text, which includes previously unpublished archival photos, examines the roles that the museum and the city of Philadelphia played in promoting modernism from its inception. Works by internationally acclaimed artists from the circle of photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, including Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Sheeler, are featured here alongside works by artists left outside the mainstream of art history. The book draws visual connections across works by these artists while creating compelling juxtapositions that tell a story of modern American art that is unique to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.