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Critical Issues in Public Art: Content, Context, and Controversy
By Harriet F. Senie, Sally Webster
336 pages
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- Harper Collins
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- New York
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- 1992
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Synopsis
"This anthology is an important compilation of writings on critical issues in public art and an analysis of significant historical developments in public art in America. There are twenty-two selections and a general introduction by the editors covering a wide range of topics including monuments and memorials; patronage issues; the public's response to public art; and new directions in public art. The book should interest art and cultural historians, artists and architects, landscape and urban designers, ...
"This anthology is an important compilation of writings on critical issues in public art and an analysis of significant historical developments in public art in America. There are twenty-two selections and a general introduction by the editors covering a wide range of topics including monuments and memorials; patronage issues; the public's response to public art; and new directions in public art. The book should interest art and cultural historians, artists and architects, landscape and urban designers, urban planners, arts administrators, and students of American studies and public history and policy." Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Table of contents
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- Critical Issues in Public Art *
- Critical Issues in Public Art - Content, Context, and Controversy *
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
- Critical Issues in Public Art *
- Part I - Defining National Values 1
- 1 - The Self-Made Monument 5
- 2 - Writing History/Painting History 33
- 3 - Selections from Rushmore—another Look 44
- 4 - Holocaust Memorials in America 57
- 5 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Mall 71
- Part II - Politics, Patronage, and Public Art 101
- 6 - Political Compromise in Public Art 105
- 7 - The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, Dc 115
- 8 - New Deal for Public Art 128
- Critical Issues in Public Art *
- Critical Issues in Public Art - Content, Context, and Controversy *
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
- Critical Issues in Public Art *
- Part I - Defining National Values 1
- 1 - The Self-Made Monument 5
- 2 - Writing History/Painting History 33
- 3 - Selections from Rushmore—another Look 44
- 4 - Holocaust Memorials in America 57
- 5 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Washington Mall 71
- Part II - Politics, Patronage, and Public Art 101
- 6 - Political Compromise in Public Art 105
- 7 - The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial in Washington, Dc 115
- 8 - New Deal for Public Art 128
- 9 - Camelot's Legacy to Public Art 142
- 10 - Public Art and Its Uses 158
- Part III - Public Art and Public Response 171
- 11 - The Rise and Demise of Civic Virtue 175
- 12 - From Scapegoats to Mascots 189
- 13 - George Segal's Sculpture on a Theme of Gay Liberation and the Sexual-Political Equivocation of Public Consciousness 199
- 14 - Representing the Race 215
- 15 - The "Rocky" Dilemma 228
- 16 - Baboons, Pet Rocks, and Bomb Threats 237
- Part IV - New Directions in Public Art 247
- 17 - Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture 250
- 18 - An American Sense of Place 261
- 19 - The Macarthur Park Experiment, 1984-1987 270
- 20 - Public Art That Inspires 280
- 21 - Is the Names Quilt Art? 287
- 22 - Temporality and Public Art 295
- Notes on Contributors 305
- Index 309