E-Books →Art Rebels Race, Class, and Gender in the Art of Miles Davis and Martin Scorsese

Postwar America experienced an unprecedented flourishing of avant-garde and independent art. Across the arts, artists rebelled against traditional conventions, embracing a commitment to creative autonomy and personal vision never before witnessed in the United States. Paul Lopes calls this the Heroic Age of American Art, and identifies two artists―Miles Davis and Martin Scorsese―as two of its leading icons.
In this compelling book, Lopes tells the story of how a pair of talented and outspoken art rebels defied prevailing conventions to elevate American jazz and film to unimagined critical heights. During the Heroic Age of American Art―where creative independence and the unrelenting pressures of success were constantly at odds―Davis and Scorsese became influential figures with such modern classics as