Description
| Product ID: | 9780231187596 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts |
| Title: | Public Art and the Fragility of Democracy |
| Subtitle: | An Essay in Political Aesthetics |
| Authors: | Author: Fred Evans |
| Page Count: | 360 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Philosophy: aesthetics, Social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Social & political philosophy, Political structures: democracy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Fred Evans develops philosophical and political criteria for assessing how public art can respond to the fragility of democracy. He calls for considering such artworks as acts of citizenship, pointing to their capacity to resist autocratic tendencies and reveal new dimensions of democratic society. |
| Imprint Name: | Columbia University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Columbia University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-06-22 |
