Art in the age of mass media / John A. Walker.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Pluto, 2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 216p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780745317458 (hbk.) :
- 9780745317441 (pbk.) :
- 0745317448 (pbk.)
- 700.1 WAL
- N72.M28 W34 2001
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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.