Richard Cándida Smith

The Modern Moves West

California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Richard Candida Smith is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and author or editor of several books, including Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry, and Politics in California.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780812222210
• ISBN-10: 0812222210
• Artikelnr.: 35559188

Autorenporträt

Richard Candida Smith is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and author or editor of several books, including Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry, and Politics in California.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Dilemmas of Professional Culture
1. The Case for Modern Art as a Distinct Form of Knowledge
2. Modern Art in a Provincial Nation
3. Modern Art and California's Progressive Legacies
4. From an Era of Grand Ambitions
5. Becoming Postmodern
6. California Assemblage: Art as Counterhistory
7. Learning from the Watts Towers
8. Contemporary Art Along the U.S.-Mexican Border
Conclusion: Improvising from the Margins
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments