THE POLITICS OF URBAN BEAUTY NEW YORK AND ITS ART COMMISSION
Language: English
Published by The University of Chicago Press, 2006
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The University of Chicago Press, 2006, First Edition, 8vo., 368 pages. Numerous illustrations. Book and jacket in near fine condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- THE POLITICS OF URBAN BEAUTY NEW YORK AND ITS ART COMMISSION
- Author
- Bogart, Michele
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0226063054
- ISBN 13
- 9780226063058
- Edition
- First Edition.
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 ThePolitics 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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About the Author
Michele H. Bogart is professor of art history at Stony Brook University. She was vice president of the Art Commission of the City of New York from 1999 to 2003 and is a member of an advisory group to the commission. She also is the author of Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City, 1890-1930 and Artists, Advertising, and the Borders of Art, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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