"A war of taste" : the London County Council as art patron, 1948-1965

Author

Garlake, Margaret

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

London journal. 1993, Num. 1, Vol. 18, 45-65, 5 ill.

ISSN

0305-8034

Abstract (en)

Examines the former LCC's provision of art for its housing estates, schools and other properties, through a series of exhibitions (1948-1963) and an acquisitions programme (1956-1965), which provide insights into attitudes to state and institutional patronage, to the public, and to theoretical formulations of "public art." Compares its role with that of the Arts Council, established in 1946.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Sculpture -- United Kingdom
• Greater London Council||London (GBR)
• Arts Council of England
• Public art
• Sculpture
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• Patronage
• Taste (aesthetics)
• Society
• Value (aesthetics)
• Ideology
• London (GBR)
• Exhibitions
• State

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Sculpture -- Royaume-Uni
• Greater London Council||London (GBR)
• Arts Council of England
• Art public
• Sculpture
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Mécénat
• Goût (esthétique)
• Société
• Valeur esthétique
• Idéologie
• London (GBR)
• Exposition
• Etat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00345446

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