Visualizing Labor in American Sculpture

Visualizing Labor in American Sculpture
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-13 : 0521461472
ISBN-10 : 9780521461474
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Book Synopsis Visualizing Labor in American Sculpture by : Melissa Dabakis

Download or read book Visualizing Labor in American Sculpture written by Melissa Dabakis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-28 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on representations of work in American sculpture, from the decade in which the American Federation of Labor was formed, to the inauguration of the federal works project that subsidized American artists during the Great Depression. Restoring a group of important monuments to the history of labor, gender studies and American art history, this book analyzes key monuments and small-scale works in which labor was often constituted as "manly" and where the work ethic mediated both production and reception.


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