WPA Posters in an Aesthetic, Social, and Political Context - A New Deal for Design

This book examines posters produced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal relief program designed to create jobs in the United States during the Great Depression.

List of contents

Introduction
1. The World Wants New Knowledge and Skills
2. The Art of Reading
3. Posters, Preservation, and Ecological Blindness
4. Marching on To Health
5. One Third of a Nation - Ill-Housed
Conclusion

About the author

Cory Pillen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art & Design at Fort Lewis College.

Summary

This book examines posters produced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal relief program designed to create jobs in the United States during the Great Depression.

Product details

• Authors: Cory Pillen
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928098
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92809-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 421 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, ART / History / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / Art & Politics, ART / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, ART / American / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Social issues & processes, 1929 to c 1939 (period of the Great Depression), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General