John A. Walker

Art in the Age of Mass Media

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Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? If so, in what forms and to what purpose? And can radical art still play a critical role in today's divided world? These are the questions addressed in the Art in the Age of Mass Media, as John Walker examines the fascinating relationship between art and mass media, and the myriad interactions between high and low culture in a postmodern, culturally pluralistic world. Using a range of historic and contemporary works of art, Walker explores the variety of ways in which artists have responded to the arrival of new, mass media. He ranges from the socialist paintings of Courbet to the anti-Nazi photom… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-78371-892-4
EAN: 9781783718924
Produktnummer: 24016899
Verlag: Pluto Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 224 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 10'643 KB
Auflage: 3. Auflage
Abbildungen: 93 black and white photos

Über den Autor

John A. Walker (1937-2014) was Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University. He is the author of Art and Celebrity (Pluto, 2002), Art in the Age of Mass Media (Pluto, 2001), and Cultural Offensive: America's Impact on British Art Since 1945 (Pluto, 1998).