Framing the Audience argues that efforts to expand the social basis of art became intertwined withand helped shapebroader 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.
Framing the Audience argues that efforts to expand the social basis of art became intertwined withand helped shapebroader 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.
Framing the Audience: Art and the Politics of Culture in the United States, 1929-1945
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781439911785 |
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Publisher: | Temple University Press |
Publication date: | 10/15/2015 |
Pages: | 326 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |