The Social and the Real: Political Art of the 1930s in the Western Hemisphere

During the 1930s, American artists such as Ben Shahn developed a mode of representation generally known as Social Realism. This term is given broad new meaning in the anthology brought together by Alejandro Anreus, Diana L. Linden, and Jonathan Weinberg. They and their collaborators argue that artists of the Depression era believed that their art became "realistic" by engaging the great economic and political issues of society. Through fresh investigation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027102691X
• ISBN13: 9780271026916
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.3"