简介：ThegoldenageofAmericanart-whenAmericanartbecameindisputablyAmericanandindisputablygreat-wastheresultofvariouscircumstances. Onewasthefierceenergyofanewsocietyseekingtoexpressitselfindependentlyforthefirsttime.Butjustasprofoundwastheshape-shiftinginfluenceofwhatDHLawrencecalled"thespiritofplace"-theuniquelandscapeandtopographythatmadeAmericadifferentfromanywhereelse.Andthat'sthesubjectofthisseries. Inthreefilms,setinthreedifferentandcrucialAmericanterritories,WaldemarJanuszczakwillinvestigatewhereandhowAmericanartfounditselfatlast.HisambitiousartisticroadtripculminatesintheheroicachievementsofAbstractExpressionism,butalsofeaturesscoresofartistswhohavebeenoverlookedandundervalued.…