Commissioned : sixty years percentage for art programme at the Dutch Government Building Agency / Hans van den Ban ... [et al. ; ed. board: Hans van den Ban ... and others ; copy ed.: Marieke van Giersbergen ... and others ; transl. from the Dutch: Peter Mason ... and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ban, Hans van den.

Mason, Peter (Peter Graham), 1952-

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Public art--Netherlands--History--20th century.

Public art.

Netherlands.

History.

Urban beautification--Netherlands.

Urban beautification.

Physical Description:

503 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm

Other Title:

Sixty years percentage for art programmecommissioned at the Dutch Government Building Agency

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : SUN, cop. 2011.

Summary:

The Dutch government is the biggest commissioner of art in the world. In the Netherlands it is obligatory to devote one per cent of the building costs of all government premises to art in the public domain. This 1% regulation has been in force for sixty years. This richly illustrated jubilee publication presents a survey of sixty years of Dutch art as well as sixty years of public commissions. The book opens with an essay on the significance of this art for the development of art in the Netherlands. This is followed by an essay on the history of the 1% regulation, the highs and lows, and the tension between art and architecture. The heart of the book shows sixty of the best works of art. The volume concludes with a list of every public commission placed.

Notes:

Publ. in close cooperation with the Dutch Government Building Agency and the Atelier of the Chief Government Architect.

Bibliographical references and index of projects.

ISBN:

9789461051639

9461051638

OCLC:

776239253