Art in Its Time - Theories and Practices of Modern Aesthetics

Zusatztext 'The impressive theoretical scope and sophistication of these essays are matched by their clarity! penetration and detail.' - The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Informationen zum Autor Paul Mattick Zusammenfassung This is an exciting exploration of the role art plays in our lives. Mattick takes the question "What is art?" as a basis for a discussion of the nature of art, he asks what meaning art can have and to whom in the present order. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Some Masks of Modernism 3. Beautiful and Sublime: 'Gender Totemism' in the Constitution of Art 4. Art and Money 5. Pork and Porcelain 6. The Rationalization of Art 7. Mechanical Reproduction in the Age of Art 8. Aesthetics and Anti-aesthetics 9. The Andy Warhol of Philosophy and the Philosophy of Andy Warhol 10. The Avant-Garde in Fashion 11. Class Taste

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Mattick, Mattick Paul
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.03.2003
• EAN: 9780415239219
• ISBN: 978-0-415-23921-9
• Seiten: 198
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics