Art Lessons

by Alice Goldfarb Marquis and Steve Marquis

Offering a fresh look at what's wrong with how Americans fund the arts--and why--this book, based on wide-ranging interviews and massive research, goes beyond identifying the failures of the present... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465004385
• ISBN13: 9780465004386
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The definitive book on the National Endowment for the Arts

It is a shame the publisher reportedly pulped the unsold copies of this seminal book instead of permitting the author -- and others -- to purchase them. This book gives the best account of the background to the NEA controversy and explains why the National Endowment for the Arts has been a bureaucratic mess since it was first set up in the Johnson administration. If anyone wants to know why there is still controversy about the subject, this book is the place to begin.

An indispensible and brilliant book about the NEA.

Finally, an objective and impartial history of the troubled National Endowment for the Arts. Fascinating to read, engrossing in its details, brilliant in its analysis, ART LESSONS is a "must read" for anyone who wants to understand why the NEA has gotten in the trouble it finds itself. A perfect 10