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Author Cándida Smith, Richard, author

Title The Modern Moves West : California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century / Richard Cándida Smith
Published Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Series The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
The Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Contents Frontmatter -- Content -- Illustrations -- Introduction. Dilemmas of Professional Culture -- Chapter One. The Case for Modern Art as a Distinct Form of Knowledge -- Chapter Two. Modern Art in a Provincial Nation -- Chapter Three. Modern Art and California's Progressive Legacies -- Chapter Four. From an Era of Grand Ambitions -- Chapter Five. Becoming Postmodern -- Chapter Six. California Assemblage Art as Counterhistory -- Chapter Seven. Learning from the Watts Towers -- Chapter Eight. Contemporary Art Along the U.S.-Mexican Border -- Conclusion. Improvising from the Margins -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary Exploring the transformation of California into a center for contemporary art through the twentieth century, this book dramatically illustrates the paths California artists took toward a more diverse and inclusive culture
Analysis American History
American Studies
Architecture
Fine Art
Garden History
Notes Richard Candida Smith is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and author or editor of several books, including Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry, and Politics in California
In English
Subject Art and society -- California -- History -- 20th century
Art and society -- California -- History -- 20th century
Art, American -- California -- 20th century
Art, American -- California -- 20th century
History -- 20th century -- United States
Art, American.
Art and society.
California.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812207941
0812207947