TY - BOOK ID - 23196745 TI - The social and the real : political art of the 1930s in the western hemisphere AU - Anreus, Alejandro AU - Linden, Diana L. AU - Weinberg, Jonathan AU - The Pennsylvania State University Press PY - 2006 SN - 027102691X 9780271026916 PB - University Park Pennsylvania State University Press DB - UniCat KW - Problèmes sociaux dans l'art KW - Social problems in art KW - Sociale problemen in de kunst KW - Art KW - Art, Modern KW - Affichistes (Group of artists) KW - Fluxus (Group of artists) KW - Modernism (Art) KW - Schule der Neuen Prächtigkeit (Group of artists) KW - Zero (Group of artists) KW - Art and politics KW - Politics and art KW - Political aspects KW - Art [Modern ] KW - 20th century KW - Berni, Antonio KW - Criticism and interpretation KW - Johnson, Malvin Gray KW - Richardson, Earle (Earl) W. KW - Evergood, Philip KW - Rivera KW - Shahn, Ben UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23196745 AB - During the 1930s, American artists, such as Ben Shahn, developed a mode of representation generally known as Social Realism. Presenting an assessment of Social Realism, this book contends that the radical, 'realistic' art of the Americas during the 1930s was shaped as much by hemispheric exchange as by emulation of the European avant-garde. ER -