Culture, politics and society in mid-century America

Author

Tallack, Douglas; Joachimides, Christos M. (Editor, Collective Author); Rosenthal, Norman (Editor, Collective Author); Anfam, David (Editor, Collective Author)

Document type

Article (catalogue d'exposition)

Language

English

Book title

American art in the 20th century : painting and sculpture, 1913-1993

Source

American art in the 20th century : painting and sculpture, 1913-1993. 1993, 29-37, 6 ill.

Publisher

Prestel, Munich (deu)

Publication country

Germany

Abstract (en)

Survey of the social and political concerns of intellectuals and their relationship to American culture before and after World War II. Discusses Marxism, modernism, and the Popular Front in the 1930s, drawing attention to issues and events that divided left-wing thinkers and led to the non-ideological politics of the 1950s, characterized by centrism and a reconciliatory, tragic modernism. Comments on Harold Rosenberg's notion of action, and the radical, participatory politics that he evoked in writings about Abstract Expressionism.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- United States
• Culture
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Society
• Politics
• Communism
• Rosenberg, Harold, 1906-1978
• Art critics
• Writings
• Action painting
• Intellectual life
• Modernism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- États-Unis
• Culture
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Société
• Politique
• Communisme
• Rosenberg, Harold, 1906-1978
• Critiques d'art
• Ecrits
• Action painting
• Vie intellectuelle
• Modernisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950401-00312178

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