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Smithsonian American Art MuseumCONTACT INFORMATION:
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is the home of the largest collection of American art in the world. Its holdings-over 37,500 works-represent the most inclusive collection of American art of any general museum today, reflecting the nation's ethnic, geographic, cultural, and religious diversity. The nation's first federal art collection, it predates the 1846 founding of the Smithsonian Institution. The museum also is a major research center. Its extensive scholarly resources include the computerized databases of the Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, several image archives, and a variety of graduate and postgraduate fellowships. For more information, visit www.americanart.si.edu. Beginning in 2004, the museum's journal is being published by the University of Chicago Press. See www.journals.uchicago.edu/AmArt. JOURNALS INCLUDED IN JSTOR:American Art(continues Smithsonian Studies in American Art) JSTOR provides a digital archive of the print version of American Art. The electronic version of American Art (Spring 2004 - Present) is available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AmArt/journal/available.html and contains elements not found in the print version. Authorized users may be able to access the full text articles at this site. American Art is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring all aspects of the nation's visual heritage from colonial to contemporary times. Through a broad interdisciplinary approach, American Art provides an understanding not only of specific artists and art objects, but also of the cultural factors that have shaped American art over three centuries of national experience. The fine arts are the journal's primary focus, but its scope encompasses all aspects of the nation's visual culture, including popular culture, public art, film, electronic multimedia, and decorative arts and crafts. American Art embraces all methods of investigation to explore America's rich and diverse artistic legacy. Formerly known (until 1991) as Smithsonian Studies in American Art. Information about subscriptions, permissions, article submissions, advertising rates and book review submissions: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AmArt/home.html Published by The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Journal description provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. |
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