{"product_id":"sabato-rodias-towers-in-watts-art-migrations-development-paperback-softback-9780823257973","title":"Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts; Art, Migrations, Development (Paperback \/ softback) 9780823257973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSabato Rodia's Towers in Watts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eArt, Migrations, Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuisa Del Giudice (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823257973\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3.1 cm, 0.862 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary Watts Towers were created over the course of three decades by a determined, single-minded artist, Sabato Rodia, a highly remarkable Italian immigrant laborer who wanted to do \"something big.\" Now a National Historic Landmark and internationally renowned destination, the Watts Towers in Los Angeles are both a personal artistic expression and a collective symbol of Nuestro Pueblo—Our Town\/Our People. Featuring fresh and innovative examinations that mine deeper and broader than ever before, \u003ci\u003eSabato Rodia's Towers in Watts\u003c\/i\u003e is a much anticipated revisitation of the man and his towers.\u003cbr\u003e In 1919, Sabato Rodia purchased a triangular plot of land in a multiethnic, working-class, semi-rural district. He set to work on an unusual building project in his own yard. By night, Rodia dreamed and excogitated, and by day he built. He experimented with form, color, texture, cement mixtures, and construction techniques. He built, tore down, and re-built. As an artist completely possessed by his work, he was often derided as an incomprehensible crazy man.\u003cbr\u003e Providing a multifaceted, holistic understanding of Rodia, the towers, and the cultural\/social\/physical environment within which the towers and their maker can be understood, \u003ci\u003eSabato Rodia's Towers in Watts\u003c\/i\u003e compiles essays from twenty authors, offering perspectives from the arts, the communities involved in the preservation and interpretation of the towers, and the academy. Most of the contributions originated at two interdisciplinary conferences held in Los Angeles and in Italy: \"Art \u0026amp; Migration: Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts, Los Angeles\" and \"The Watts Towers Common Ground Initiative: Art, Migrations, Development.\"\u003cbr\u003e The Watts Towers are wondrous objects of art and architecture as well as the expression and embodiment of the resolve of a singular artistic genius to do something great. But they also recount the heroic civic efforts (art and social action) to save them, both of which continue to this day to evoke awe and inspiration. \u003ci\u003eSabato Rodia's Towers in Watts\u003c\/i\u003e presents a well-rounded tribute to one man's tenacious labor of love.\u003cbr\u003e A portion of royalties from this book will go to support the work of the Watts Towers Arts Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580290035992,"sku":"9780823257973","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sabato-rodias-towers-in-watts-art-migrations-development-paperback-softback-9780823257973","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}