Building the American dream in the California desert.
Seeing America – Theme: Geography and Environment
Native American artist Jaune Quick-To-See Smith suggests that thinking about our history in a different way helps us rethink our present.
What’s in a map? Reading the United ...
Business or pleasure? Watkins could photograph both beautifully.
The business (and art) of seeing the ...
An[...] interpretation of the sensations produced by the confusion of the streets. —Joseph Stella
Celebrating the modern city
Can the commonplace working farmland of California's Sacramento River Valley be a place of of breathtaking beauty?
The landscape remade, Thiebaud’s Ponds and Streams
Think you procrastinate? Wright blew this project off for 9 months, then designed his most famous house in 2 hours.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
Captured here in paint, this grand Californian landscape would soon disappear under water.
Hetch Hetchy, Yosemite, and the battle for ...
A viewing station for sunrise and sunset, Turrell’s work manipulates light, time, and perception.
Light, time, and transcendence in James Turrell’s ...
Drought and rain govern when this work of art in Utah’s Great Salt Lake can be seen.
Transforming and honoring the environment at Spiral ...
The Yup’ik peoples, in one of the world’s coldest climates, made these ceremonial masks during the long winters.
Embodying the forces of nature: the North ...
In order to capture the beauty of America’s national parks, Brown faced the prejudices of the lawless West.
“Leave it as it is”: Yellowstone and ...
To bring “polite sociability” to the city, designers blended nature’s greatest hits into one ambitious park.
A breath of fresh air: industrialization and ...
Many interpretations have been proposed for this mound in modern-day Ohio—examine the clues and see what you think.