When art worked
By: text by Roger G. Kennedy ; an illustrated documentary by David Larkin.
Contributors: Larkin, David, 1936-
Publisher: Rizzoli
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780847830893
Subjects: Federal Art Project; New Deal art; Art and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century
Other titles: When art worked :
Description: Commemorates the achievements of the artists put to work by the government and explores how their art repaired the national sense of self. From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The work of art; title: The pursuit of happiness, the PWA, the WPA, and the arts; title: Actionable art; title: Indians, parks, the CCC, and the arts; title: The WPA/FAP; title: The art of Franklin Roosevelt; title: Rexford Tugwell, Roy Stryker, photographers, folk music, and films; title: Presidents and monuments; title: Hugh Bennett, Walter Lowdermilk, and the eleventh commandment; title: Lincoln and Roosevelt.