Made in America : the arts in modern civilization / John Atlee Kouwenhoven, introduction by Mark Van Doren.

Main entry:

Kouwenhoven, John Atlee, 1909-1990.

Title & Author:

Made in America : the arts in modern civilization / John Atlee Kouwenhoven, introduction by Mark Van Doren.

Edition:

[1st ed.].

Publication:

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1948.

Description:

xv, 303 p. illus. 22 cm.

Notes:
Signed by Ralph Ellison on front free endpaper.
"List of sources and references": p. [271]-290.
Preface and acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Introduction / Mark Van Doren -- Art in America -- What is vernacular? -- Two raditions in conflict -- The practical and the aesthetic -- THe figure in the carpet -- To make all things new -- Seeing is believing -- The artist's dilemma -- Space and chance -- Stone, steel and jazz -- List of sources and references.

Subject:

Art United States History.
American literature History and criticism.
Art États-Unis Histoire.
American literature
Art
Civilization
United States Civilization.
États-Unis Civilisation.
United States

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Added entries:

Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972, writer of introduction.
Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 15614
Call No.: 0000655 PO910; ID:87-B15847
Status: Available

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