Art & context : the '50s and '60s
- Title
- Art & context : the '50s and '60s / essays by Chris Bruce, Keith Wells ; with contributions by Nella Van Dyke.
- Published by
- Pullman, Wash. : Museum of Art, Washington State University, [2006], ©2006.
- Format
- Book/text
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 78 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Art & Context: The '50s and '60s brings together twenty landmark works of art within the broader context of dynamic changes in art and society. During these decades, mass media and the allure of popular culture took hold, and the potential for mass destruction became a pervasive influence on world affairs. Modern times were replaced with the seeds of the postmodern: mainstream culture gave way to counterculture. New social, sexual, and racial freedoms were explored, as were new artistic freedoms."--BOOK JACKET.
- Alternative title
- Art and context
- Subject
- Contents
- Something happened : an introduction to art and context in the 1950s and 1960s / Chris Bruce -- The echoes of influence / Keith Wells -- Social timelines : introductions / Nella Van Dyke -- Catalogue entries and plates / Keith Wells -- 1950-55 : the Cold War, McCarthyism, and conformity culture -- 1955-60 : early civil rights and the rise of youth culture -- 1960-65 : Martin Luther King-era civil rights and the seeds of counterculture -- 1965-70 : protest movements, civil unrest, and counterculture.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Language
- English
- Note
- Catalog of an exhibition at the Museum of Art, Washington State University, Sept. 29-Dec. 16, 2006.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.