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Art in the age of mass media / John A. Walker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Pluto, 2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 216p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780745317458 (hbk.) :
  • 9780745317441 (pbk.) :
  • 0745317448 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 700.1 WAL
LOC classification:
  • N72.M28 W34 2001
Contents:
1.Core terms/concepts -- 2.Art uses mass culture -- 3.The mass media use art -- 4.Mechanical reproduction and the fine arts -- 5.High cluture: affirmative or negative? -- 6.Cultural pluralism and post-modernism -- 7.Alternatives -- 8.Art and mass media in the 1980s -- 9.Artistis and new media technologies -- 10.Art and mass media 1990-2000.
Summary: Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? Can radical art still play a critical role in the modern divided world? Such questions are addressed in this book, providing an introduction to the continuing debates between high art and low culture.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 700.1 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 118105
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 700.1 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 118104

Previous ed.: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index.

1.Core terms/concepts -- 2.Art uses mass culture -- 3.The mass media use art -- 4.Mechanical reproduction and the fine arts -- 5.High cluture: affirmative or negative? -- 6.Cultural pluralism and post-modernism -- 7.Alternatives -- 8.Art and mass media in the 1980s -- 9.Artistis and new media technologies -- 10.Art and mass media 1990-2000.

Can fine art survive in an age of mass media? Can radical art still play a critical role in the modern divided world? Such questions are addressed in this book, providing an introduction to the continuing debates between high art and low culture.

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