Fall-Out Shelters for the Human Spirit
Subtitle: American Art and the Cold War
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780807829455
Subjects: Social history; The Arts: General Issues; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Cultural policy; Art and state; Political Science; Art & Art Instruction; Politics/International Relations; USA; International Relations - Diplomacy; Art & Politics; United States - 20th Century; cultural diplomacy; international art program; Department of State; United States Information Agency; Smithsonian Institution; American Federation of Arts; Museum of Modern Art; Venice Biennale; Advancing American Art; Sport in Art; 1959 American National Exhibition, Moscow; 1958 World's Fair; 20th century; Art, American; Cold War; United States
First sentence: In March 1941, the United States was less than a year away from being engulfed by World War II.