Harris, Mary Emma.

The Arts at Black Mountain College.

Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1987. 23.6 cm x 31.8 cm. 314 pages. Richly illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. As new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Original green cloth with blind signature design on front cover. Contains Erik Haugaard illustrated Exlibris on front pastedown. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

Includes for example the following chapters: A Pioneering Venture (1933-1940): A New Deal in American Education / Art as Experience / A Log Cabin College / Education in a Time of War (1940-1945) Democracy in Action / War’s End / An Essentially American Venture (1945- 1949) And Beyond the Duration / Art as Experiment / Reorganization and Resignation / A Community of Correspondences (1949-1957) Olson’s University / Education as Conversation / The Closing / Epilogue: Continuations / Faculty and Student Roster etc.

A definitive text made rich by details garnered from intensive research and interviews, it follows the mesmerising story of Black Mountain College’s idealistic creation by John Andrew Rice and other visionaries such as Josef & Anni Albers, Buckminster Fuller, Eric Bentley, Ilya Bolotowsky, Robert Creeley, Willem de Kooning, Robert Duncan, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Goodman, Walter Gropius, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, and Charles Olson. The book chronologically portrays, how this small and justly famous experimental college became a powerhouse of people, ideas and creativity, the influence of which has affected America – especially the arts – ever since.

• Keywords: Art · Art and society · Artists · Arts & Crafts · Arts & Crafts Movement · Arts and Humanities · Biography · History of Education · History of Education Collection · Performance art
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200264AB

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