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Entitled : discriminating tastes and the expansion of the arts /
"This book examines the process by which the American arts expanded, over the course of more than a century, to include not just "classical" arts like opera and portraiture, but forms of folk, vernacular, and popular culture"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Invention of American Art, 1825-1945; Museums and Symphony Orchestras; Rationalizing Governance; The Second Wave: Ballet, Modern Dance, Theater, and Opera; Early Life Exposure; What Is an "American Art"?; Heading into the Great Depression; 2 The WPA and the Opening of the American Arts; The WPA's Impact; A Cultural Democracy; The Long Arm of WPA Influence: Artists, Organizations, Administrators; Conclusion; 3 The Museum of Primitive Art, 1940-1982; Nelson Rockefeller, Art Collector
- Primitive and Modern: Frontiers of Legitimacy in the MidcenturyInventing the Field of Primitive Art; Influencing the Postcolonial Art World; Move to the Met; Primitive Art and Artistic Legitimation; Conclusion; 4 Opportunity Structures; Economic, Political, and Technological Change; Changes to Regulations; Changes within Arts Nonprofits; Changes to Funding; Conclusion; 5 Expansion: 1900-2000; Building a Model of Aesthetic Legitimation; Conclusion; 6 Cultural Appropriation; Cosmopolitanism; Slumming; Monet's Kimono; Chinatown Plaid; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion
- Twentieth-Century American Artistic Legitimation, in BriefTrajectories; Aesthetic Continuities across Legitimizing Fields; Alliances with Legitimate Fields; People Power; Appropriation from Outside; Never Art: Kitsch; Partial Legitimation: Designer Toys; Appendix: Methodological Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index