Format:
1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2020 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9780755626267
Content:
I. Introduction -- II. The political reasons for state neutrality in the sphere of arts in Great Britain -- III. The cultural elites and state intervention -- IV. Indicators of extended state influence on the arts -- V. The Cultural Blackout and the Phase of the 'Welfarist Approach' -- VI. John Meynard Keynes and the 'standard approach': CEMA's policy from January 1942 to September 1944 -- VII. From CEMA to the Arts Council of Great Britain, September 1944 to June 1945 and beyond -- VIII. Conclusion and Outlook.
Content:
"An original piece of work on an unusual subject. This work is a strong social and cultural history with new information on many institutions familiar today (e.g. BBC, National Theatre) and it is a fascinating background to the contemporary relationship between government and the arts. In 1834, Lord Melbourne spoke the words that epitomised the British government's attitude towards its own involvement in the arts: 'God help the minister that meddles with Art'. One hundred years later, however, with the onset of World War II, that attitude changed dramatically when 'cultural policy' became a key element of the domestic front. "The Arts as a Weapon of War" traces the evolution of this policy from the creation of the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, in 1939, to the drafting of the Arts Council's constitution in 1945. From the improvement of the National Gallery to Myra Hess's legendary concerts during the blitz, Jorn Weingartner provides a fascinating account of the powerful policy shift that laid the foundations for the modern relationship between the government and the arts."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857739001
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780760322
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845110369
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780755626267
