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Golden Avant-Garde - Idolatry, Commercialism and Art

English · Paperback / Softback

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This book is a unique collaboration between a philosopher and an artist who bring different perspectives to bear on how the avant-garde navigates the cultural,financial, and technological challenges presented by the postmodern condition.

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Raphael Sassower, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorada, Colorado Springs, is author of Technoscientific Angst: Ethics and Responsibility and Cultural Collisions: Postmodern Technoscience. Louis Cicotello is Professor of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where he teaches studio and art history classes.


Summary

Since the 18th century, artists have played a conflicting role in society. Part of the reason for this, argues this analysis, is the survival of the culture of idolatry in the modern age. They can either paint scenes of worship of the golden calf or they can fabricate the idol themselves.

Product details

Authors Louis Cicotello, Raphael Sassower, Raphael Cicotello Sassower
Publisher University of Virginia Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 02.06.2006
 
EAN 9780813919355
ISBN 978-0-8139-1935-5
No. of pages 192
Series Cultural Frames, Framing Cultu
Cultural Frames, Framing Culture
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history

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