| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Chronology: Policy, Programs and Preservation; 2. Public Art as City Biography: "Till New Haven should have lost its identity"; 3. Public Art as "usable past": Rewriting Revolutionary New Haven; 4. Public Art as Servant to Commerce: Art, Industry and Yankee Ingenuity; 5. Public Art as Social Engineer: Changing Fortunes for Christopher Columbus; 6. Public Art as "patriotic enterprise," Protest and Peace Activism: Memorializing War and Peace; Conclusion; Appendix: Public Art by Neighborhood; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"There are nearly 500 public works of art throughout New Haven, Connecticut. This comprehensive analysis provides an overview of the city's public art policy, programs and preservation, and explores its two centuries of public art installations, monuments and memorials in a range of contexts"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public art -- Connecticut -- New Haven
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Art and state -- Connecticut -- New Haven
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ART -- General.
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Art and state
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Public art
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Connecticut -- New Haven
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476632582 |
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1476632588 |
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