The uneasy relationship between the arts, US art museums, and the
federal government has not been thoroughly explored by scholars.
This book focuses on the development of “national diplomacy
exhibitions” during World War II and the early Cold War and
explains how the War provided the government with an impetus to
create a national arts policy. It discusses how national diplomacy
exhibitions on US soil were deployed as persuasive tools to
influence public opinion, to reconcile discrepancies between high
art and democracy, and to resolve America’s lagging art status
and difficulties with “the foreign.” The type of soft diplomacy
that art museums provide by initiating national diplomacy
exhibitions has not received emphasis in the scholarly community
and art museums have essentially been ignored in cultural studies
of the early Cold War. Scholarly analysis of museum exhibitions in
the last quarter of the 20th century is now a popular topic, but
investigations of exhibitions between 1939-1960 have been thin. By
scrutinizing major exhibitions during those formative years this
book takes a new perspective and examines the foundational
development of the so-called “blockbuster” exhibition
stimulated by World War II. The book will interest readers in
visual studies, history, museums, cultural affairs, government, and
international diplomacy.
General
Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
Authors: |
Kathleen Berrin
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
388 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5381-5987-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-5381-5987-2 |
Barcode: |
9781538159873 |
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