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The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco

Name: The Coit Tower Murals: New Deal Art and Political Controversy in San Francisco
Brand: University of Illinois Press
SKU: 9780252088353
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Contributors:

Robert W. Cherny

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Art, History

Book Subcategory:

Individual Artists, United States, Criticism & Theory

Book Topic:

Monographs, State & Local

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Release Date:

2024-11-12

ISBN 13:

9780252088353

Weight:

1.1 lbs

Size:

9.90 x 6.90 x 0.60 inches

Pages:

200

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Created in 1934, the Coit Tower murals were sponsored by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the New Deal art programs. Twenty-five master artists and their assistants worked there, most of them in buon fresco, Nearly all of them drew upon the palette and style of Diego Rivera. The project boosted the careers of Victor Arnautoff, Lucien Labaudt, Bernard Zakheim, and others, but Communist symbols in a few murals sparked the first of many national controversies over New Deal art.

Sixty full-color photographs illustrate Robert Cherny's history of the murals from their conception and completion through their evolution into a beloved San Francisco landmark. Cherny traces and critiques the treatment of the murals by art critics and historians. He also probes the legacies of Coit Tower and the PWAP before surveying San Francisco's recent controversies over New Deal murals.

An engaging account of an artistic landmark, The Coit Tower Murals tells the full story behind a public art masterpiece.

About the Author
Robert W. Cherny is a professor emeritus of history at San Francisco State University. His many books include Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art and Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend.

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