Title Art and the city : civic imagination and cultural authority in Los Angeles / Sarah Schrank

Published Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009 ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations Contents Boosters, early moderns, and the artful civic imaginary -- Modernism in public spaces -- Painting the town red -- Bohemia in vogue -- Imagining the Watts Towers Summary 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 Analysis American History American Studies Architecture Fine Art Garden History Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-201) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Public art -- Political aspects -- California -- Los Angeles Art and society -- California -- Los Angeles ART -- Art & Politics. Art and society Cultural policy Public art -- Political aspects SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Cultural policy Subject California -- Los Angeles Form Electronic book LC no. 2008012685 ISBN 9780812204100 0812204107 0812241177 9780812241174

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