Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973): From synchromism to the Federal Art Projects.
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Title
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Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973): From synchromism to the Federal Art Projects.
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Identifier
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AAI9510722
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identifier
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9510722
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Creator
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South, Will.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Marlene Park
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Date
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1994
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Art History | Biography
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Abstract
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Stanton Macdonald-Wright (1890-1973) contributed to the emergence of modern painting in both Europe and America. Along with Morgan Russell (1886-1953), he founded Synchromism, the only recognized vanguard movement of pre-World War I Europe established by Americans. The present study begins by providing a biographical sketch of Macdonald-Wright's formative years, and proceeds to explain the intricacies of Synchromist theory which too often unnecessarily intimidate both the lay person and the professional art historian. The Synchromist project unfolds as one far more dependent on classicism and aestheticism, as well as one far less dependent on scientific color theory, than previously assumed. Macdonald-Wright's substantive and eventful career in Southern California between the two world wars, from 1918 to 1943, is an additional focus of this dissertation: included among topics documented and discussed are his various roles as director of the Los Angeles Art Students League, the Santa Monica Theater Guild, and the Federal Art Project for Southern California. The artist played an important role in the early cultural development of Southern California, a region that would become one of the most populated, ethnically diverse, economically productive and socially volatile in late twentieth century America.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
