The modern moves west California artists and democratic culture in the twentieth century

Dilemmas of professional culture -- The case for modern art as a distinct form of knowledge -- Modern art in a provincial nation -- Modern art and California's progressive legacies -- From an era of grand ambitions -- Becoming postmodern -- California assemblage: art as counterhistory -- Learni...

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1. Verfasser: Smith, Richard Cándida (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cándida Smith, Richard (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Philadelphia, Pa University of Pennsylvania Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:The arts and intellectual life in modern America
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Zusammenfassung:Dilemmas of professional culture -- The case for modern art as a distinct form of knowledge -- Modern art in a provincial nation -- Modern art and California's progressive legacies -- From an era of grand ambitions -- Becoming postmodern -- California assemblage: art as counterhistory -- Learning from the Watts Towers -- Contemporary art along the U.S.-Mexican border -- Conclusion: improvising from the margins.
Dilemmas of professional culture -- The case for modern art as a distinct form of knowledge -- Modern art in a provincial nation -- Modern art and California's progressive legacies -- From an era of grand ambitions -- Becoming postmodern -- California assemblage: art as counterhistory -- Learning from the Watts Towers -- Contemporary art along the U.S.-Mexican border -- Conclusion: improvising from the margins
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:X, 252 S.
Ill.
24 cm
ISBN:9780812241884
978-0-8122-4188-4