Kennedy, Roger G.

When art worked / Title on jacket: When art worked : the New Deal, art, and democracy text by Roger G. Kennedy ; an illustrated documentary by David Larkin. - New York : Rizzoli, 2009. - 368 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The work of art -- The pursuit of happiness, the PWA, the WPA, and the arts -- Actionable art -- Indians, parks, the CCC, and the arts -- The WPA/FAP -- The art of Franklin Roosevelt -- Rexford Tugwell, Roy Stryker, photographers, folk music, and films -- Presidents and monuments -- Hugh Bennett, Walter Lowdermilk, and the eleventh commandment -- Lincoln and Roosevelt.

9780847830893 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0847830896 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2009028308

GBA976910 bnb

015341857 Uk


Federal Art Project.


New Deal art.
Art and society--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Cultural policy--History--20th century.

N8838 / .K46 2009

700.1/03097309043