For the first time, a set of distinguished American and British art historians consider the complex history of Anglo-American relations from the colonial period through to the 1960s * Features a transatlantic group of scholars considering the impact of this relationship on the history of art in both nations * Offers a set of new approaches, and much new material relating to the history of British and American art * Situates the history of British and American art in the context of recent scholarship, offering a new reading of this key artistic interaction