Sarah Rogers

Modern Art in Cold War Beirut (eBook, ePUB)

Drawing Alliances

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Modern Art in Cold War Beirut: Drawing Alliances examines the entangled histories of modern art and international politics during the decades of the 1950s and 60s.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429615313
• Artikelnr.: 61622587

Autorenporträt

Sarah Rogers, PhD is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture at Middlebury College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Modern Art in Lebanon: The Problematics of Forging an
Authentic, National Art 1. Beirut as Cultural Capital: Cosmopolitanism in
the Shadow of the Cold War 2. An Artistic Coup: Maryette Charlton and the
Founding of the American University of Beirut's Department of Fine Arts 3.
The Artist as Cultural Diplomat: John Ferren in Beirut, 1963-64 4.
Abstraction's Universalist Assumptions: Local Debates on the Practice of
Art 5. Figuration, International Alliances, and Palestinian Art in Beirut:
The Painting of Tamam al-Akhal and Ismail Shammout Conclusion. Lessons from
the Cold War and the Possibilities of Global Modernism