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The Politics of Urban Beauty: New York and Its Art Commission
The Politics of Urban Beauty New York and Its Art Commission
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Since its founding in 1898, the Art Commission of the City of New York (ACNY) has served as the city?s aesthetic gatekeeper, evaluating all works of art intended for display on city property. And over the years, the commission?s domain has expanded dramatically to include everything from parks and courthouses to trash cans and sidewalks. In T... more » Politics of Urban Beauty, Michele H. Bogart argues that this unprecedented authority has made the commission host to some complex negotiations?involving artists, architects, business leaders, activists, and politicians?about not only the role of art in urban design, but also the shape and meaning of the city and its public spaces.
A former vice president of the ACNY, Bogart tells its story here from an insider?s perspective, tracing the commission?s history from its origins as an outgrowth of progressive reform to its role in New York?s reconstruction after 9/11. Drawing on archival correspondence, drawings, and photographs from commission collections, Bogart presents bracing examples of works?ranging from New Deal murals to Louis Kahn?s unbuilt Memorial to Six Million Jewish Martyrs?that illuminate the ACNY?s subtle yet powerful role in shaping New York?s identity.
The Politics of Urban Beauty is thus a fascinating history of a New York art world that paralleled?and sometimes unpredictably intersected with?the more familiar realm of prominent architects, painters, galleries, and museums. Bogart?s fresh view adds a critical dimension to our understanding of ?the city beautiful? and makes an important and lively contribution to the study of art history, urban design, and New York City itself.
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Since its founding in 1898, the Art Commission of the City of New York (ACNY) has served as the city?s aesthetic gatekeeper, evaluating all works of art intended for display on city property. And over the years, the commission?s domain has expanded dramatically to include everything from parks and courthouses to trash cans and sidewalks. In T... more » Politics of Urban Beauty, Michele H. Bogart argues that this unprecedented authority has made the commission host to some complex negotiations?involving artists, architects, business leaders, activists, and politicians?about not only the role of art in urban design, but also the shape and meaning of the city and its public spaces.
A former vice president of the ACNY, Bogart tells its story here from an insider?s perspective, tracing the commission?s history from its origins as an outgrowth of progressive reform to its role in New York?s reconstruction after 9/11. Drawing on archival correspondence, drawings, and photographs from commission collections, Bogart presents bracing examples of works?ranging from New Deal murals to Louis Kahn?s unbuilt Memorial to Six Million Jewish Martyrs?that illuminate the ACNY?s subtle yet powerful role in shaping New York?s identity.
The Politics of Urban Beauty is thus a fascinating history of a New York art world that paralleled?and sometimes unpredictably intersected with?the more familiar realm of prominent architects, painters, galleries, and museums. Bogart?s fresh view adds a critical dimension to our understanding of ?the city beautiful? and makes an important and lively contribution to the study of art history, urban design, and New York City itself.
ISBN-13: 9780226063058
ISBN-10: 0226063054
Publication Date: 11/15/2006
Pages: 352
Edition: annotated edition
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ISBN-10: 0226063054
Publication Date: 11/15/2006
Pages: 352
Edition: annotated edition
Rating: ?
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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