Description
About the Author
Lauren Kroiz is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Creative Composites: Modernism, Race, and the Stieglitz Circle.
Reviews
"...a long overdue reevaluation of the American Regionalist triumvirate of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry. Featuring a mix of lush color reproductions, black-and-white documentary photographs, and preliminary sketches, and drawing on a wealth of primary sources. . . .Cultivating Citizens offers readers a compelling reexamination of the controversies surrounding the art and professional lives of these formidable personalities." * Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art *
"Cultivating Citizens is a richly illustrated and enlightening account of the institutions and educational theories that shaped the public personae of Wood, Benton, and Curry. As a history of ideas rather than an analysis of objects, the book poses numerous questions that inflect the conversation around regional art with critical nuance... [it] is a welcome contribution for its thoughtful and thought-provoking reconsideration of American Regionalism." * The Annals of Iowa Journal *
Book Information
ISBN 9780520286566
Author Lauren Kroiz
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 953g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 23mm