Eastern Michigan University
The documentation and preservation of art-in-architecture of Michigan: The section of fine arts projects
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The Section of Fine Arts’ Art-in-Architecture program created public and permanent cultural artifacts that expressed and recorded American beliefs, values, and stories for future generations. Many of these artworks have been saved. Sadly, others have been neglected, mistreated, or forgotten. This project focuses on The Section’s post office art installations in Michigan. The Section of Fine Arts, one of FDR’s New Deal programs of the Depression era, operated under the auspices of the Treasury Department. The program utilized symbols of the common man to tie together a nation’s scattered and often isolated communities, to promote a common heritage and purpose, and to relate the past to the present while giving hope for the future. The documentation of these art-in-architecture projects is essential as is the need to conserve them. Although challenging, the effort is vital to insure the survival of these records of an important and distinctive American chapter.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science (MS)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Geography and Geology
- Year
- 2007
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Chidester, Cheryl Ann
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Ted J. Ligibel, Ph.D., Chair
- Marshall S. McLennan, Ph.D.
- Kelly Elizabeth Simpson, M.S.
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.emich.edu/theses/172
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-1171