The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture by Victoria Grieve

The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture by Victoria Grieve

Art for everyone--the Federal Art Project's drive for middlebrow visual culture and identity

 “[Grieve’s] tightly constructed and well-argued book touches on critical contemporary issues regarding federal funding of the arts, especially during times of economic distress”--Journal of Illinois History

"Recommended."--Choice 
"An interesting, well-written and thought-provoking book."--American Studies
"This rich study answers many important questions about an intriguing aspect of 1930s culture. The past several years have seen a growing interest in middlebrow culture, and this book will advance that current considerably."--Miles Orvell, author of After the Machine: Visual Arts and the Erasing of Cultural Boundaries
"An important and original contribution to our understanding of the role of the Federal Art Project in the context of larger twentieth-century intellectual conceptualizations of the role of art in society, especially regarding middle-class and working-class audiences. Essential reading in twentieth-century art history, folklore, public history, and popular intellectual history--and a pleasure to read."--Erika Brady, author of A Spiral Way: How the Phonograph Changed Ethnography

Victoria Grieve is an assistant professor of history at Utah State University, where she is also curator of twentieth-century West Coast American Art at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.

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ISBN 13	9780252034213
ISBN 10	025203421X
Title	The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture
Author	Victoria Grieve
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Illinois Press
Year published	2009-03-13
Number of pages	240
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