American Visions Episodes Available now
The Age of Anxiety
8/8 Robert Hughes focuses on work that responded to the Vietnam War and civil strife.
The Empire of Signs
7/8 Robert Hughes examines America's development into the art capital of the west.
Streamlines and Breadlines
6/8 Robert Hughes considers America during the 1920s and 30s, including the Depression.
The Wave from the Atlantic
5/8 Robert Hughes examines how poverty and slum life was often reflected in American art.
The Gilded Age
4/8 Robert Hughes considers how the Civil War industrialised society.
The Wilderness and the West
3/8 Art critic Robert Hughes looks at America's majestic landscapes.
The Promised Land
2/8 Robert Hughes explains how America was shaped by Europeans.
The Republic of Virtue
1/8 Robert Hughes explores how America sought architectural inspiration from Greece and Rome.
