1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452216403321

Autore

Senie Harriet

Titolo

Tilted Arc Controversy [[electronic resource] ] : Dangerous Precedent?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8166-9272-6

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

730/.92

Soggetti

Public sculpture

Serra, Richard

Public sculpture - Public opinion - New York - New York (State)

Sculpture

Visual Arts

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Commission, Installation, Removal; 2. Public Opinion; 3. Reframing the Controversy; 4. After Tilted Arc; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since its installation at and subsequent removal from New York City's Federal Plaza, noted sculptor Richard Serra's Tilted Arc has been a touchstone for debates over the role of public art. Installed in 1981, the 10-foot-high, 120-foot-long curved wall of Cor-Ten self-rusting steel instantly became a magnet for criticism. Harriet F. Senie explores the history of Tilted Arc, including its 1979 commission and the heated public hearings that eventually led to its removal in 1989. She examines the tactics of those opposed to the sculpture and the media's superficial and sensational coverage of the



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996280649603316

Titolo

IEE Standard for Pad-Mounted Equipment - Enclosure Integrity / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), , 2005

ISBN

0-7381-4712-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (26 pages)

Disciplina

602.75

Soggetti

Trademarks

Patents

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Conformance tests and requirements for the integrity of above-grade pad-mounted enclosures that contain apparatus energized in excess of 600 V and that may be exposed to the public, including but not limited to the following types of equipment enclosures--pad-mounted capacitors or inductors, pad-mounted distribution transformers, pad-mounted junction enclosures, pad-mounted metering equipment, and pad-mounted switch gear--are covered.