Isbn: 9781565846241 - visionaries and outcasts: the nea, congress, and the place of the visual artist in america (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Visionaries and Outcasts documents and analyzes, from hopeful creation to bitter end, the most ambitious experiment in artistic funding in American history. Through the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts in 1965, this country provided financial support for visual artists without exerting the stringent controls that patronage in the past required. That all ended thirty years later, as the NEA?s funding for individual artists was eliminated while the agency was at the center of a political, cultural, and moral firestorm. Michael Brenson chronicles the ?NEA years? with interviews from dozens of artists and scholars with firsthand knowledge of the NEA?s lightning-rod individual fellowship program.Brenson, the former New York Times art critic, vividly captures the eloquent verve with which Congress supported the public funding of artists in 1965 and contrasts that with the political climate in 1995, when fellowships to individual artists were ended and nary a person of political or cultural power came to the artists? defense. This examination of one of the most controversial government programs of our time is essential to the discussion of the place of the artist in America.…

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by The New Press, 2001. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good, with some shelf/edgewear. Previous owner writing/underlining throughout. Spotting along page ends.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 5.6 X 0.75 X 8.4 inches; 157 pages; very light foxing on the top exterior edge of textblock only. Minor yellowing on pages. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. DJ is not price-clipped.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. …