Format:
Online-Ressource (264 p)
ISBN:
9780812222210
Series Statement:
Arts and Intellectual Life in Modern America
Content:
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.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Dilemmas of Professional Culture -- 1. The Case for Modern Art as a Distinct Form of Knowledge -- 2. Modern Art in a Provincial Nation -- 3. Modern Art and California's Progressive Legacies -- 4. From an Era of Grand Ambitions -- 5. Becoming Postmodern -- 6. California Assemblage: Art as Counterhistory -- 7. Learning from the Watts Towers -- 8. Contemporary Art Along the U.S.-Mexican Border -- Conclusion: Improvising from the Margins -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Introduction: Dilemmas of Professional Culture""; ""1. The Case for Modern Art as a Distinct Form of Knowledge""; ""2. Modern Art in a Provincial Nation""; ""3. Modern Art and California's Progressive Legacies""; ""4. From an Era of Grand Ambitions""; ""5. Becoming Postmodern""; ""6. California Assemblage: Art as Counterhistory""; ""7. Learning from the Watts Towers""; ""8. Contemporary Art Along the U.S.-Mexican Border""; ""Conclusion: Improvising from the Margins""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""
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""D""""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Acknowledgments""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812207941
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812222210
Additional Edition:
Print version Modern Moves West : California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
