Camelot's legacy to public art : aesthetic ideology in the New Frontier

Author

Wetenhall, John

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art journal. 1989, Num. 4, Vol. 48, p. 303-308

ISSN

0004-3249

Abstract (en)

Examines the transformation of American cultural policy during the presidency of John F. Kennedy, which established the ideological foundation for the government's active cultural role that persists to this day. Notes its impact on public art and on the role of the artist in American society.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• United States
• 1900-2000
• State
• Artists
• Art
• Ideology
• Public art
• Patronage
• Culture
• Society
• Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Etat
• Artistes
• Art
• Idéologie
• Art public
• Mécénat
• Culture
• Société
• Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910401-00450874

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