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Description

1. xi, 293 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Framing the Audience explores the cultural politics of the Great Depression and World War II through the prism of art appreciation. Isadora Helfgott interrogates the ideological and political motivations for breaking down barriers between fine art and popular culture. She charts the impact that changes in art appreciation had on the broader political, social, cultural, and artistic landscape.Framing the Audience argues that efforts to expand the social basis of art became intertwined with--and helped shape--broader debates about national identity and the future of American political economy. Helfgott chronicles artists' efforts toinfluence the conditions of artistic production and display. She highlights the influence of the Federal Art Project, the impact of the Museum of Modern Art as an institutional home for modernism in America and as an organizer of traveling exhibitions, and the efforts by LIFE and Fortune magazines to integrate art education into their visual record of modern life. In doing so, Helfgott makes critical observations about the changing relationship between art and the American public"--

Subject

1. Art and society > United States > History > 20th century
2. United States > Civilization > 1918-1945
3. ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
4. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
5. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy
6. Art appreciation > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century

Contents

1. From Revolution to Cultural Democracy : Artists Seek the People -- Museums Without Walls : Art and the Public Sphere -- The Triumph of American Consumerism : Corporations, Art and Popular Culture.

Call number

1. JQE 16-21

Note

1. Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Helfgott, Isadora Anderson, author.

Title

1. Framing the audience : art and the politics of culture in the United States, 1929-1945 / Isadora Anderson Helfgott.

Publisher

1. Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2015.

Copyright date

1. ©2015

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2015013701

ISBN

1. 9781439911778 hardcover alkaline paper
2. 1439911770 hardcover alkaline paper
3. 9781439911785 paper alkaline paper
4. 1439911789 paper alkaline paper
5. 9781439911792 electronic book

Research call number

1. JQE 16-21