From idolatry to advertising : visual art and contemporary culture /: visual art and contemporary culture. (©1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susan G. Josephson.
• Other Names: Josephson, Susan G
• Contents: Ch. 1. The Cultural-Niche Theory of Art. 1. The Different Visual Arts. 2. Cultural Niches. 3. Defining Art. 4. Objective Standards for Comparing Arts. 5. The Evolution of Visual Art -- Ch. 2. The Fine Art Cultural Niche. 1. The Birth of Fine Art. 2. The Institutionalization of Fine Art. 3. The Formative Ideology: Aesthetic Formalism. 4. Defining Who the Artist is: Expression Theory. 5. Modernism and Beyond -- Ch. 3. The Popular Art Cultural Niche. 1. The Formation of Popular Taste. 2. Confusions Between Fine Art and Popular Art. 3. The Institutions of Popular Art. 4. Artistic Mission. 5. Appropriate Subject Matter. 6. The Powers of Popular Art. 7. Popular Art as the Vanguard of Culture -- Ch. 4. The Design Art Cultural Niche. 1. The Need for Design Art. 2. The Ideologies of Craft. 3. Ideologies of Functional Form. 4. The Birth of Design. 5. Designing for Sales. 6. The Power of Design. 7. Design Art as Cultural Niche -- Ch. 5. Advertising.
• Publisher Details: Armonk, N.Y : M.E. Sharpe
• Publication Date: 1996
• Copyright Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 701; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; Postmodernism; Popular culture; Art and technology; Postmodernisme; Culture populaire; Art et technologie; ART -- General; Art and technology; Popular culture; Postmodernism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315479996; 1315479990
• Related ISBNs: 1563248751; 9781563248757; 156324876X; 9781563248764; 1557787093; 9781557787095; 1557787123; 9781557787125; 9781315480008; 131548000X; 1315480018; 1315479982
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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