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| Author: Sarah Schrank |
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
ISBN-10: 0812241177
ISBN-13: 9780812241174
Buy.com Sku: 208184692
Publish Date: 10/3/2008
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(in Inches) 9H x 6L x 0.75T
Pages:
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"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. |
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Sarah Schrank's insightful cultural history explores Los Angeles's resistance to Modernist art and architecture during much of the 20th century. Her book touches on issues of racial conflict, communist fears, class warfare, and the slow process of Los Angeles's shift from sprawling backwater to major American city.
Sarah Schrank's insightful cultural history explores Los Angeles's resistance to Modernist art and architecture during much of the 20th century. Her book touches on issues of racial conflict, communist fears, class warfare, and the slow process of Los Angeles's shift from sprawling backwater to major American city.
"There's such a dearth of reliable writing about the history of art in Los Angeles that anyone who ventures into this vast, uncharted terrain deserves a medal. Sarah Schrank has certainly earned hers with Art and the City...a meticulously researched accounting of L.A.'s protracted journey into Modernism as seen through the lens of its public art...a masterful work of research that will serve as an important reference for decades to come. "
- Kristine McKenna
01/20/2009
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