A Guide to Chicago's Murals

Covering WPA murals to more current artwork, this handbook features full-color illustrations of nearly 200 Chicago murals with accompanying entries that describe their history. 204 color plates. 35 halftones.

About the author

Mary Lackritz Gray has degrees from Bryn Mawr College and the University of Chicago and is the coauthor of A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture. She has been active in the preservation, care, and investigation of public art for many years.

Summary

This volume, featuring illustrations of nearly 200 murals, describes the history behind the murals of Chicago - who commissioned them and why, the subjects of the murals, and the collaboration of artist and architect.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Lackritz Gray, Gray Mary Lackritz
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2001
• EAN: 9780226305998
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30599-8
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 15 mm x 20 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 851 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Architecture, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, DESIGN / Graphic Arts / General, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Illinois, ARCHITECTURE / General, ART / American / General, Painting & paintings, Other graphic art forms, Other graphic or visual art forms, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Paintings and painting