"Anthology [that] reflects the whole spectrum of thought on artistic issues in America during the twentieth century." -- publishers statement. Includes chapters "Apostles of Ugliness"; "The Largest Small Room in the World"; "The Armory Show: Success by Scandal"; "Cubism in America"; "The Thirties: Reaction and Rebellion"; "Art of This Century"; "The New American Painting"; "After Abstract Expressionism"; "Toward a Sculptural Renaissance"; Toward an American Architecture"; "The Single Image: Minimal, Literal and Object Art"; "Into the Seventies: Beyond the Object"; "Sculpture for the Space Age." Includes bibliography.