Exhibiting the Foreign on U.s. Soil - American Art Museums National Diplomacy Exhibitions Before, During,

The uneasy relationship between the arts, US art museums, and the federal government has not been thoroughly explored by scholars. This book focuses on the development of "national diplomacy exhibitions" during World War II and the early Cold War and explains how the war provided the government with an impetus to create a national arts policy.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I: Before World War II
1. America's Lagging Reputation in the Arts and Development of its Art Museums
2. A Modern Identity for America: The First Ten Years of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1929-1939)
3. Old-World Traditions and Excellence: America: The Wartime Origins of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (1925-1945)
Part II: During World War II
4. Enlisting the Arts: War Themed Exhibitions at NGA and MoMA
5. Art in the Service of Persuasion: Nelson Rockefeller and the OCIAA Exhibitions
6. Projecting Influence Abroad: The Second Roberts Commission and the Officers of the Monument, Fine Arts, & Archives Program
Part III: After World War II
7. Shifting Relations: Federal Government and Art Museums in the Early Cold War (1945-1955)
8. Foreign Diplomacy Exhibitions on U.S. Soil (1947-1977)
9. Exhibiting the Other: Personal Experiences With Foreign Diplomacy Exhibitions at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1973-2011)
10.Perspectives on the Future
Index
Bibliography
About the author

About the author

By Kathleen Berrin

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Berrin, Berrin Kathleen
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781538134085
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3408-5
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, The arts: general issues, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, ART / Art & Politics, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government, Central government, The arts: general topics