The Modern Moves West
California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century
In 1921 Sam Rodia, an Italian laborer and tile setter, started work on an elaborate assemblage in the backyard of his home in Watts, California. The result was an iconic structure now known as the Watts Towers. Rodia created a work that was original, even though the resources available to support his project were virtually nonexistent. Each of his limitations-whether of materials, real estate, finances, or his own education-passed through his creative imagination to become a positive element in his work. In The Modern Moves West, accomplished cultural historian Richard Cándida Smith contends that the Watts Towers provided a model to succeedin…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8122-0794-1
- EAN: 9780812207941
- Produktnummer: 13960625
- Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'303 KB
- Abbildungen: 35 illus.
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