The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960-1980 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300207859)

An unprecedented exploration of the relationship between art, architecture, social history, and public policy in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles in the 1960s and '70s

American cities underwent seismic transformations in the 1960s and '70s, from shifting demographics and political protests to reshaping through highways and urban renewal. Amid this climate of upheaval, photographers, architects, activists, performance artists, and filmmakers turned conditions of crisis into sites for civic discourse and artistic expression. The City Lost and Found explores photographic and cinematic responses to the changing fabric of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles that contributed to a reconsideration of cities in popular media and urban policy during this period. This book raises timely questions about the role of art within the social, political, and physical landscape of cities.

Featuring contributions from more than 20 noted scholars in fields including art history, urban planning, architecture, and cultural studies, this is the first publication to address an important shift in photographic, cinematic, and planning practices based on close observations of streets, neighborhoods, and seminal events in the country's three largest cities. Over 200 illustrations bring together works by major artists and newly rediscovered projects to complete this outstanding resource on the art and architectural production during these turbulent decades.

Author: Katherine A. Bussard, Alison Fisher, Greg Foster-Rice
ISBN-10: 0300207859
ISBN-13: 9780300207859
Publisher: Princeton University Art Museum
Language: English
Published: 01/27/2015
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.35lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2015 pg. 1645
Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 98