Art of Engagement - Visual Politics in California and Beyond

Informationen zum Autor Peter Selz is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at the University of California! Berkeley. Among his many books are Nathan Oliveira (California! 2002)! Barbara Chase-Riboud! Sculptor (1999)! Beyond the Mainstream (1996)! and Art in Our Times (1981). Susan Landauer is Kate and Drew Gibson Chief Curator at the San Jose Museum of Art and the author of many books. Klappentext " The Art of Engagement represents a singular contribution to debates about the politics of art in California and far beyond."-Derrick R. Cartwright! author of Benjamin West: Allegory and Allegiance and co-author of Luis Gispert/Loud Image ! and An Interlude in Giverny "This book's combination of California as a subject! especially the social and political components! with the visual arts! makes it of wide interest to both scholars and general readers."-Paul J. Karlstrom! editor of On the Edge of America Zusammenfassung Takes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Prologue: Countering Cultures: The California Context Susan Landauer Introduction: Paths to Engagement 1. Against War and Violence 2. Countercultural Trends 3. Human Rights and Ethnic and Gender Identity 4. Toward a Sustainable Earth Timeline Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

Product details

• Authors: Peter Selz, Peter Howard/ Landauer Selz, Selz Peter
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.01.2006
• EAN: 9780520240537
• ISBN: 978-0-520-24053-7
• No. of pages: 310
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, California, ART / Criticism & Theory