| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : ilustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Preface: The long twentieth-century quest for Panamerica -- Introduction: The Pan American Union Visual Arts Programs and Latin American art -- Art enters the union : the transition from World War II to the Cold War -- El Arte Que Progresa : modernization, nodern art, and continental consciousness -- José Luis Cuevas, Panamerican celebrity -- The last party : HemisFair '68 -- Afterword: The afterlife of the Pan American Union Visual Arts Programs |
| Summary |
Among the buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., only the Pan American Union (PAU) houses an international organization. The first of many anticipated "peace palaces"constructed in the early twentieth century, the PAU began with a mission of cultural diplomacy, and after World War II its Visual Arts Section became a leader in the burgeoning hemispheric arts scene, proclaiming Latin America's entrée into the international community as it forged connections between a growing base of middle-class art consumers on one hand and concepts of supranational citizenship and poli |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pan American Union. Division of Visual Arts.
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| SUBJECT |
Pan American Union. Division of Visual Arts fast |
| Subject |
Art and state -- America -- History -- 20th century
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ART -- General.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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Art and state
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America
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781461939665 |
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1461939666 |
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9781452939414 |
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1452939411 |
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