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Book SynopsisIn this pathbreaking study, Frances Pohl traces the political and artistic struggles Ben Shahn became embroiled in as he tried to remain a socially concerned artist during the early Cold War period.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Battle Lines Are Drawn
- The CIO-PAC
- Trouble in the Labor Movement
- Censorship in the Art World
- A Tribute to Shahn
- 2. Wallace, Dondero, and Roosevelt, N.J.
- The Progressive Party Campaign
- From the Topical to the Universal: The Hickman Story
- Dondero, Communism, and Modern Art
- A Call for Peace
- In the Key of Roosevelt, N.J.
- 3. Defending Civil Liberties at Home and the American Image Abroad
- Signs of an Epoch
- Humanism and Art
- Portrait of the Artist as an American Liberal
- Attack and Counterattack
- Civil Liberties and the Liberal Community
- "With works of Art their armies meet, And War shall sink beneath thy feet."
- 4. An American in Venice
- The Slaying of the Dragon
- Italy, the United States, and Cultural Propaganda
- The Venice Biennial
- Promotional Literature and Press Reaction
- A Broad Appeal: Liberation and The Red Stairway
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
