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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 700 EAN: 9780300106831 ISBN: 0300106831 Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 200 Publication Date: April 08, 2005 Publisher: Yale University Press Studio: Yale University Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - A detailed study of the turbulent art scene during the 60'sThis book describes in detail the many varied paths that visual artists explored during the 60's, a time of great political, cultural, and artistic ferment. The subtitle of the book, "American and European Art in the Era of Dissent," reflects Crow's observation that the experimental art of the period reflected 60's political dissent. He notes that 60's art, setting itself up as an alternative to an existing "genteel, snobbish, and unadventurous art culture," deliberately mocks mainstream values, ... Read More 
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