1492年哥伦布发现美洲新大陆后,在16至18世纪,欧洲国家的移民们便蜂拥而至,美洲大陆从此成为“冒险家的乐园”。同时,欧洲国家的移民们也把欧洲的绘画、雕塑、爱尔兰勾针编结、法国花边、德国陶瓷、英国刺绣等艺术带到美国。在20世纪以前,所谓的美国文化艺术基本上是英国(据179 After Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, immigrants from European countries flocked to the 16th and 18th centuries and the continent became “an adventurer’s paradise” from then on. At the same time, immigrants from European countries also bring European paintings, sculptures, Ireland’s crochet knitting, French laces, German ceramics and British embroidery to the United States. Before the 20th century, the so-called American culture and art was basically Britain (179)