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American Visions Episodes

  1.

    The Age of Anxiety

    8/8 Robert Hughes focuses on work that responded to the Vietnam War and civil strife.

  2. The Empire of Signs

    7/8 Robert Hughes examines America's development into the art capital of the west.

  3. Streamlines and Breadlines

    6/8 Robert Hughes considers America during the 1920s and 30s, including the Depression.

  4. The Wave from the Atlantic

    5/8 Robert Hughes examines how poverty and slum life was often reflected in American art.

  5. The Gilded Age

    4/8 Robert Hughes considers how the Civil War industrialised society.

  6. The Wilderness and the West

    3/8 Art critic Robert Hughes looks at America's majestic landscapes.

  7. The Promised Land

    2/8 Robert Hughes explains how America was shaped by Europeans. (R)

  8. The Republic of Virtue

    1/8 Robert Hughes explores how America sought architectural inspiration from Greece and Rome.