Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Arts at a New Frontier

The National Endowment for the Arts

  • Book
  • © 1984

Overview

Authors:
  1. Fannie Taylor

    1. University of Wisconsin — Madison, Madison, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Anthony L. Barresi

    1. University of Wisconsin — Madison, Madison, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: International Astronomical Union Symposia (IAUS, volume 85)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Development of Government Support for the Arts

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 1-15

  3. Reaching Legislative Consensus, 1960–1965

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 17-54

  4. The Roger Stevens Years

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 55-126

  5. The Nancy Hanks Years

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 127-199

  6. Opening Up the New Frontier

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 201-225

  7. At the End of Ten Years

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 227-232

  8. Epilogue

    • Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi
    Pages 233-242

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 243-271
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Profound changes were taking place in American society during the period of the 1960s and 1970s when legislation for the National Foundation for the Arts and the Humanities was enacted and the agencies went into operation. It was a period of soul-searching by the American public when the cherished prejudices and civil inequities of the past decades were wiped out and old wounds began to heal; at the same time, however, the Vietnam War was creating new fissures and antagonisms. Into this newly healing, newly questioning society, congressional action thrust the National Council on the Arts in 1964, and the National Endowment for the Arts in 1965. Their mission was to encourage and support the arts, and the men and women charged with this responsibility went about their work with the zeal and enthusiasm of religious converts. The idea of even a minute amount of federal financial assistance to the country's chronically beleaguered and often impoverished artists and arts organi­ zations seemed strange to a segment of the population that had existed in forgot­ ten independence from government intervention. Many of the nation's artists and arts leaders were wary, partly because of the uncertainties and constraints of previous patterns of governmental support.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Wisconsin — Madison, Madison, USA

    Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Arts at a New Frontier

  • Book Subtitle: The National Endowment for the Arts

  • Authors: Fannie Taylor, Anthony L. Barresi

  • Series Title: International Astronomical Union Symposia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2731-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-41569-2Due: 01 November 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9693-5Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2731-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1743-9213

  • Series E-ISSN: 2352-2186

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Political Science

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation