Critical Issues In Public Art: Context, Content, And Controversy

This Anthology Is An Important Compilation Of Writings On Critical Issues In Public Art And An Analysis Of Significant Historical Developments In Public Art In America. There Are Twenty-two Selections And A General Introduction By The Editors Covering A Wide Range Of Topics Including Monuments And Memorials; Patronage Issues; The Public's Response To Public Art; And New Directions In Public Art. The Book Should Interest Art And Cultural Historians, Artists And Architects, Landscape And Urban Designers, Urban Planners, Arts Administrators, And Students Of American Studies And Public History And Policy. The Self-made Monument : George Washington And The Fight To Erect A National Memorial / Kirk Savage -- Writing History/painting History : Early Chronicles Of The United States And Pictures For The Capitol Rotunda / Sally Webster -- Selections From Rushmore, Another Look (with An Afterword) / Jim Pomeroy -- Holocaust Memorials In America : Public Art As Process / James E. Young -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial And The Washington Mall : Philosophical Thoughts On Political Iconography / Charles L. Griswold -- Political Compromise In Public Art : Thomas Crawford's Statue Of Freedom / Vivien Green Fryd -- The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial In Washington, Dc : A War Memorial For The New Century / Dennis R. Montagna. New Deal For Public Art / Marlene Park And Gerald E. Markowitz -- Camelot's Legacy To Public Art : Aesthetic Ideology In The New Frontier / John Wetenhall -- Public Art And Its Uses / Rosalyn Deutsche -- The Rise And Demise Of Civic Virtue / Michele H. Bogart -- From Scapegoats To Mascots : The New York Public Library Lions / Susan Larkin -- George Segal's Sculpture On A Theme Of Gay Liberation And The Sexual-political Equivocation Of Public Consciousness / Joseph Disponzio -- Representing The Race : Detroit's Monument To Joe Louis / Donna Graves -- The Rocky Dilemma : Museums, Monuments, And Popular Culture In The Postmodern Era / Danielle Rice -- Baboons, Pet Rocks, And Bomb Threats : Public Art And Public Perception / Harriet F. Senie. Earthworks : Land Reclamation As Sculpture / Robert Morris -- An American Sense Of Place (with An Afterword) / Dolores Hayden -- The Macarthur Park Experiment, 1984-1987 / Steven Bingler -- Public Art That Inspires : Public Art That Informs / Seitu Jones -- Is The Names Quilt Art? / E.g. Crichton -- Temporality And Public Art / Patricia C. Phillips. Edited By Harriet F. Senie And Sally Webster. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.