Art and the City : Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles /
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 twenti...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2009.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description: | Includes index. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780812241174 |


