"Art and the City" explores the contentious relationship between civic politics and visual culture in Los Angeles. Struggles between civic leaders and modernist artists to define civic identity and control public space highlight the significance of the arts as a site of political contest in the twentieth century.
"Art and the City" explores the contentious relationship between civic politics and visual culture in Los Angeles. Struggles between civic leaders and modernist artists to define civic identity and control public space highlight the significance of the arts as a site of political contest in the twentieth century.
Sarah Schrank is Associate Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Chapter 1. Boosters, Early Moderns, and the Artful Civic Imaginary Chapter 2. Modernism in Public Spaces Chapter 3. Painting the Town Red Chapter 4. Bohemia in Vogue Chapter 5. Imagining the Watts Towers Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments
Introduction Chapter 1. Boosters, Early Moderns, and the Artful Civic Imaginary Chapter 2. Modernism in Public Spaces Chapter 3. Painting the Town Red Chapter 4. Bohemia in Vogue Chapter 5. Imagining the Watts Towers Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments
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