Democratic art : the New Deal's influence on American culture

Musher, Sharon Ann 1972- (author.).

Summary: Throughout the Great Recession, American artists and public art endowments have had to fight for government support to keep themselves afloat. It wasn't always this way. At its height in 1935, the New Deal devoted $27 million to supporting tens of thousands of needy artists, who used that support to create more than 100,000 works. Why did the government become so involved with these artists, and why weren't these projects considered a frivolous waste of funds, as surely many would be today? In this book, Sharon Musher explores these questions and uses them as a springboard for an examination of the role art can and should play in contemporary society.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226247182
ISBN: 022624718X
ISBN: 9780226247212
ISBN: 022624721X
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Copyright: �2015

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General Note:	CatMonthString:april.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	May the artist live? -- Art as grandeur -- Art as enrichment -- Art as a weapon -- Art as experience -- Art as subversion.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.