Public art for public schools
By: Michele Cohen ; photographs by Stan Ries ; foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg.
Contributors: Ries, Stan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580932158
Subjects: Public art -- New York (State) -- New York; School decoration -- New York (State) -- New York
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Ch. 1. Before unification : school design and decoration in the early years; title: Ch. 2. Dawn of a new century : C.B.J. Snyder, master builder and art patron; title: Ch. 3. Beautifying schools in the progressive era; title: Ch. 4. The New Deal comes to public schools; title: Ch. 5. Modernism : redefining schools in the post-World War II years; title: Ch. 6. The civil rights era and beyond; title: Ch. 7. Reshaping schools : improved design and Percent for Art; title: Ch. 8. Into the twenty-first century; title: Afterword; title: Notes; title: Index; title: Acknowledgments; title: Credits.