| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Invention of American Art, 1825-1945; Museums and Symphony Orchestras; Rationalizing Governance; The Second Wave: Ballet, Modern Dance, Theater, and Opera; Early Life Exposure; What Is an "American Art"?; Heading into the Great Depression; 2 The WPA and the Opening of the American Arts; The WPA's Impact; A Cultural Democracy; The Long Arm of WPA Influence: Artists, Organizations, Administrators; Conclusion; 3 The Museum of Primitive Art, 1940-1982; Nelson Rockefeller, Art Collector |
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Primitive and Modern: Frontiers of Legitimacy in the MidcenturyInventing the Field of Primitive Art; Influencing the Postcolonial Art World; Move to the Met; Primitive Art and Artistic Legitimation; Conclusion; 4 Opportunity Structures; Economic, Political, and Technological Change; Changes to Regulations; Changes within Arts Nonprofits; Changes to Funding; Conclusion; 5 Expansion: 1900-2000; Building a Model of Aesthetic Legitimation; Conclusion; 6 Cultural Appropriation; Cosmopolitanism; Slumming; Monet's Kimono; Chinatown Plaid; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion |
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Twentieth-Century American Artistic Legitimation, in BriefTrajectories; Aesthetic Continuities across Legitimizing Fields; Alliances with Legitimate Fields; People Power; Appropriation from Outside; Never Art: Kitsch; Partial Legitimation: Designer Toys; Appendix: Methodological Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
"This book examines the process by which the American arts expanded, over the course of more than a century, to include not just "classical" arts like opera and portraiture, but forms of folk, vernacular, and popular culture"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2019) |
| Subject |
Arts and society -- United States
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Art and popular culture -- United States
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Art, American.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Art, American
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Art and popular culture
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Arts and society
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780691189840 |
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0691189846 |
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