Public art for public schools /
Michele Cohen ; foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg ; photographs by Stan Ries.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Monacelli Press, c2009.
- 240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233) and index.
Foreword -- Introduction -- Before city unification : school design and decoration in the early years -- Dawn of a new century : C.B.J. Snyder, master builder and art patron -- Beautifying schools in the progressive era -- The New Deal comes to public schools -- Modernism : redefining schools in the post-World War II years -- The civil rights era and beyond -- Reshaping schools : improved design and Percent for Art -- Into the twenty-first century -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Credits.
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Public art--New York (State)--New York. School decoration--New York (State)--New York.