Helen Langa:Radikale Kunst: Druckgrafik und die Linke im New York der 1930er Jahre von Helen Langa (englisch)
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The author illuminates the artists' struggles with conflicting demands-how to advocate revolution within a defense of democracy, and how to engage the social world using aesthetic criteri… More...
The author illuminates the artists' struggles with conflicting demands-how to advocate revolution within a defense of democracy, and how to engage the social world using aesthetic criteria that advocated distance from it. The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Radical Art: Printmaking and the Left in 1930s New York by Helen Langa "Helen Langa's compelling study of 1930s social viewpoint prints offers a fresh look at the relationship between the decade's visual culture and its social and political bases. The author illuminates the artists' struggles with conflicting demands-how to advocate revolution within a defense of democracy, and how to engage the social world using aesthetic criteria that advocated distance from it. Her engaging account of these contradictions is a major achievement."—Ellen Wiley Todd, author of "The "New Woman" Revised: Painting and Gender Politics on Fourteenth Street"Privileging 1930s prints, and contextualizing their political, social, cultural, and economic dimensions more completely than any previous book on the subject, Helen Langa's "Radical Art is a welcome addition to studies of American art during the Great Depression. Her astute analysis of social viewpoint styles and themes is a significant contribution. Historically detailed and persuasively argued, this book will be an indispensable source for students and scholars of twentieth-century American art."—Erika Doss, author of "Twentieth-Century American Art"This beautifully nuanced study reaffirms the primacy of politically engaged printmaking in the 1930s. Langa is attentive to the ways artists invented imagery to address aesthetic dilemmas as well as social ones, with the goal, always, of raising the public's consciousness of labor, gender, and racial inequities. Her research is superb and her sensitivity to a wide range of printmaker's voices, male and female, white and black, is exemplary."—Wanda M. Corn, author of "The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935""Radical Art is a landmarkstudy, both in the history of printmaking and in the history of American art of the thirties. There is no better explicator of the graphic arts of this era and their cultural context than Helen Langa. Her thoroughly researched and compellingly written volume is a major scholarly contribution."—Betsy Fahlman, author of "John Ferguson Weir: The Labor of Art FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description During the 1930s, the era of the Depression and the New Deal, American artists transformed printmaking into one of the decade's most exciting forms of art. As a cheap, vital, and egalitarian means of artistic expression, prints came close to realizing the ideal of creating "art for the millions." In this dynamic book, Helen Langa shows how innovative printmakers developed "social viewpoint" works that focused on contemporary issues of labor justice, antiracism, and antifascist activism. Discussing artists such as Aaron Douglas, Mabel Dwight, Boris Gorelick, Harry Gottlieb, Elizabeth Olds, Harry Sternberg, Joseph Vogel, and Hale Woodruff, Langa explains how they developed new types of meaningful content, worked in modern, yet accessible, styles, invented new technical processes, and sought fresh strategies for distributing their work to the public. Many, but not all, of the artists she considers worked for the Federal Art Project at the Graphic Arts Division workshop; each struggled to resolve the conflicting goals of reaching a mass audience while also critiquing social injustice and promoting radical idealism. Back Cover Archaeomineralogy provides a wealth of information for mineralogists, geologists and archaeologists involved in archaeometric stuides of our past. Flap "Helen Langa's compelling study of 1930s social viewpoint prints offers a fresh look at the relationship between the decade's visual culture and its social and political bases. The author illuminates the artists' struggles with conflicting demands-how to advocate revolution within a defense of democracy, and how to engage the social world using aesthetic criteria that advocated distance from it. Her engaging account of these contradictions is a major achievement."--Ellen Wiley Todd, author of The "New Woman" Revised: Painting and Gender Politics on Fourteenth Street "Privileging 1930s prints, and contextualizing their political, social, cultural, and economic dimensions more completely than any previous book on the subject, Helen Langa's Radical Art is a welcome addition to studies of American art during the Great Depression. Her astute analysis of social viewpoint styles and themes is a significant contribution. Historically detailed and persuasively argued, this book will be an indispensable source for students and scholars of twentieth-century American art."--Erika Doss, author of Twentieth-Century American Art "This beautifully nuanced study reaffirms the primacy of politically engaged printmaking in the 1930s. Langa is attentive to the ways artists invented imagery to address aesthetic dilemmas as well as social ones, with the goal, always, of raising the public's consciousness of labor, gender, and racial inequities. Her research is superb and her sensitivity to a wide range of printmaker's voices, male and female, white and black, is exemplary."--Wanda M. Corn, author of The Great American Thing: Modern Art and National Identity, 1915-1935 " Radical Art is a landmark study, both in the history of printmaking and in the history of American art of the thirties. There is no better explicator of the graphic arts of this era and their cultural context than Helen Langa. Her thoroughly researched and compellingly written volume is a major scholarly contribution."--Betsy Fahlman, author of John Ferguson Weir: The Labor of Art Author Biography Helen Langa is Associate Professor of Art History at American University. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Viewpoint Prints, Cultural Democracy, and Leftist Politics I. "Art for the Millions": Printmaking in New York in the 1930s II. Modern Styles, Radical Themes III. Imag(in)ing Labor: Fine Prints and Their Historical Contexts IV. Protesting Societal Injustice: Antiracism in 1930s Prints V. Horror and Outrage: Printmakers against War and Fascism VI. Transient Opportunities: Cultural Politics and Social Viewpoint Prints Appendix: Brief Biographies of the Artists Notes Selected Bibliography List of Illustrations Index Details ISBN0520231554 Author Helen Langa Short Title RADICAL ART Pages 342 Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520231554 ISBN-13 9780520231559 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 769.974 Illustrations Yes Year 2004 Publication Date 2004-02-28 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Printmaking and the Left in 1930s New York Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Place of Publication Berkerley DOI 10.1604/9780520231559 UK Release Date 2004-03-25 AU Release Date 2004-03-25 NZ Release Date 2004-03-25 US Release Date 2004-03-25 We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERYNo matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENTPeace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:7676030; , Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], ISBN-13: 9780520231559, EAN: 9780520231559, Publication Year: 2004, Format: Hardcover, Language: English, Book Title: Radical Art: Printmaking and the Left in 1930s New York, Item Height: 254mm, Genre: Art & Culture, Item Width: 178mm, Item Weight: 1134g, Number of Pages: 352 Pages, University of California Press<
