The New Monuments and the End of Man: U.S. Sculpture Between War and Peace, 1945-1975

by Robert Slifkin

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How leading American artists reflected on the fate of humanity in the nuclear era through monumental sculpture

In the wake of the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945, artists in the United States began to question what it meant to create a work of art in a world where humanity could be rendered extinct by its own hand. The New Monuments and the End of Man examines how some of the most important artists of postwar America revived...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691192529

ISBN13:9780691192529

Release Date:November 2019

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 7.3" x 9.9"

Related Subjects

Architecture Art Arts, Music & Photography

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