{"product_id":"public-art-isbn-9781405155595","title":"Public Art","description":"This book takes a bold look at public art and its populist appeal, offering a more inclusive guide to America's creative tastes and shared culture. It examines the history of American public art – from FDR's New Deal to Christo's \u003ci\u003eThe Gates\u003c\/i\u003e – and challenges preconceived notions of public art, expanding its definition to include a broader scope of works and concepts.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpands the definition of public art to include sites such as Boston's Big Dig, Las Vegas' Treasure Island, and Disney World\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a refreshing alternative to the traditional rhetoric and criticism surrounding public art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes insightful analysis of the museum and its role in relation to public art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Dedication. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: A Short History of the United States’ “Official” Public Art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoosevelt’s New Deal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Services Administration’s Art-in Architecture Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Endowment for the Arts’ Art-in-Public-Places Program.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Conventional Wisdom: Populist Intentions within Established Paradigms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt as Monument, Art as Memorial.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt as Amenity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt in the Park, Art as the Park.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt as the Agora.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArt as Pilgrimage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Culture to Go: From Art World to The World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Museums Do for Us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation, Outreach, Programming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Alternative Museum\/Alternatives to Museums.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Not Quite “Art,” Not Quite “Public”: Lessons from the Private Sector.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Art of Entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is Special, I am Special.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpen Pocketbook, Open Agenda?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbracing Spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Super Viewer: Increasing Individual Agency on the Public Art Front.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePower to the People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaiming Space and Place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDig In.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Conclusion: Art for All?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trouble with (Re)Development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNonprofits and the Ephemeral Idyll.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to School.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrieving Loss, Remembering Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Tales in One City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Overall, \u003ci\u003ePublic Art\u003c\/i\u003e is a provocative and impressive study of contemporary public art that is ambitious in its pursuit of populist virtues. ... Knight's book is an excellent example of art-historical scholarship.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2010)  \u003cp\u003e\"[Knight] offers a twenty-first-century definition of public art.\" (\u003ci\u003eAfterImage\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A broad account of public art in the United States, from its history and growth to its current meaning and purpose.\" (\u003ci\u003eSculpture Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The thorough bibliography will greatly benefit public art professionals, artists, art historians, and laypersons. Providing a detailed, frank account of public art and viewer agency across the broadest spectrum, Public Art offers insight into works that might be beyond traditional conceptions. By bringing art that is often at the margins to the center, Knight offers fresh ideas on a subject ripe for further discussion. Recommended.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Cher Krause Knight … focuses on the notion of populist involvement as the yardstick by which to measure public art projects. She touches on well-known moments in the history of public art to illustrate the ways that the public has been variously excluded, humored, harangued, or genuinely integrated into projects. Most interesting are her musings on commercial sites, like Disney’s Magic Kingdom and Las Vegas casinos. In their admittedly pandering capacity for spectacle, she argues, such places include the public in ways that snooty art commissions don't—whatever you say about their aesthetic values.\" (\u003ci\u003ePublic Art Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Fall 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCher Krause Knight\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Visual and Media Arts at Emerson College in Boston. She has published her work in \u003ci\u003eVisual Resources, the Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Art Review\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eReclaiming the Spiritual in Art: Contemporary Cross-Cultural Perspective\u003c\/i\u003es, and \u003ci\u003eBlaze: Discourse on Art, Women and Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e.  American public art is a living entity always in flux. It is not relegated only to physical objects, but is manifested through an accretion of meaningful experiences. Though the art world has often taken an elitist view of popular culture, public interest in art has grown. This dynamic has thrust public art into the center of academic and intellectual debate, especially in the last few decades.  \u003cp\u003eThis book takes a bold look at public art through a populist lens, offering a more inclusive guide to America's creative tastes and shared culture. It examines the history of public art – from FDR's New Deal to Christo's \u003ci\u003eThe Gates\u003c\/i\u003e – and challenges preconceived notions of public art, expanding its definition to include sites such as Boston's Big Dig, Las Vegas' Treasure Island, and Disney World. In doing so, it offers a refreshing alternative to the traditional rhetoric and criticism surrounding public art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReframing populist sentiments, \u003ci\u003ePublic Art: Theory, Practice and Populism\u003c\/i\u003e lobbies for a revolution in the way we think about, talk about, and appreciate public art.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Cher Knight situates public art in a continuum of visual experience that includes museums, earthworks and Las Vegas. Embracing spectacle and popular engagement, she expands existing parameters to make public art both more provocative and more truly public.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eDr. Harriet F. Senie\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Public Sculpture\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe 'Tilted Arc' Controversy\u003c\/i\u003e; and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCritical Issues in Public Art\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"In this remarkable book, Cher Knight has done a splendid job of synthesizing current thinking on public art rightly concluding that in the modern world it is the public who awards value.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eDr. Sally Webster\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lehman College and the Graduate Center CUNY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989887795429,"sku":"NP9781405155595","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405155595.jpg?v=1761785798","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/public-art-isbn-9781405155595","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}