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- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages :) : illustrations (some color)
- Summary
- "Lithuanian-born artist Ben Shahn learned fresco painting as an assistant to Diego Rivera in the 1930s and created his own visually powerful, technically sophisticated, and stylistically innovative artworks as part of the New Deal Arts Project's national mural program. In Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene author Diana L. Linden demonstrates that Shahn mined his Jewish heritage and left-leaning politics for his style and subject matter, offering insight into his murals' creation and their sometimes complicated reception by officials, the public, and the press."--Publisher's website.
- Uniform Title
- Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals (Online)
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Alternative Title
- Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Ben Shahn's New York and the Great Depression: racial tensions and artistic strivings -- Zion in the Garden State: Ben Shahn's mural for Jersey Homesteads -- Whitman, workers, and censorship: Ben Shahn's murals for the Bronx Central Post Office -- Painting for freedom and the freedom to paint: Ben Shahn's murals for St. Louis and Queens -- Conclusion.
- OCLC
- ssj0001583621
- Author
Linden, Diana L.
- Title
Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals [electronic resource] : Jewish Identity in the American Scene / Diana L. Linden.
- Imprint
Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2015] (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
- Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record.
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Project Muse.
- LCCN
2015945508