American VisionsSeries 1Episodes Episode guide

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1. The Age of Anxiety

   8/8Robert Hughes focuses on work that responded to the Vietnam War and civil strife.
2. The Empire of Signs

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

   6/8Robert Hughes considers America during the 1920s and 30s, including the Depression.
4. The Wave from the Atlantic

   5/8Robert Hughes examines how poverty and slum life were often reflected in American art.
5. The Gilded Age

   4/8Robert Hughes considers how the Civil War industrialised society.
6. The Wilderness and the West

   3/8Art critic Robert Hughes looks at America's majestic landscapes.
7. The Promised Land

   2/8Robert Hughes explains how America was shaped by Europeans.
8. The Republic of Virtue

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