資源描述:
《Art in Its Time 2003》由會員上傳分享,免費在線閱讀,更多相關內(nèi)容在學術論文-天天文庫。
1、ARTINITSTIMEArtwritingnormallycontrastsartwith“everydaylife.”Thisbookexploresartasintegraltotheeverydaylifeofmodernsociety,providingmaterialstorepresentclassandclasscon?ict,toexploresexandsexuality,andtothinkaboutmodernindustryandeconomicrelationships.Art,asweknowit,isnotcommontoallformsof
2、societybutispeculiartoourown;whatartischangeswithpeople’sconceptionsofthetasksofart,conceptionsthatarethemselvesapartofsocialhistory.Thehistoryofsocietydoesnotshapeartfromtheoutside,butincludestheattemptsofartiststo?ndnewwaysofmakingartandthinkingaboutit.TheessaysinArtinItsTimeofferacritic
3、alexaminationofthecentralcat-egoriesofarttheoryandhistory.Theyproposeamodeofunderstandinggroundedinconcretecasestudiesofideasandobjects,exploringsuchtopicsasthegendercontentofeighteenth-centurytheoriesofthesublimeandbeautiful,theroleofphotographyintheproductionofaesthetic“aura,”thelimitsof
4、politi-calart,andtheparadoxbywhichart,pursuedforitsownsakewithnothoughtofcommercialgain,canproducethehighest-pricedofallobjects.Employinganunusuallywiderangeofhistoricalsourcesandtheoreticalper-spectivestounderstandtheplaceofartincapitalistsociety,ArtinItsTimeshowsawayoutofmanyofthecul-de-
5、sacsofrecentarthistoryandtheory.PaulMattickisProfessorofPhilosophyatAdelphiUniversity.HeistheauthorofSocialKnowledgeandeditorofEighteenth-CenturyAestheticsandtheReconstructionofArt.HeisalsoeditoroftheInternationalJournalofPoliticalEconomyandhaswrittencriticismforArts,ArtinAmerica,andArtfor
6、um,amongotherpublications.iARTINITSTIMETheoriesandpracticesofmodernaestheticsPaulMattickFirstpublished2003byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublis
7、hedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.?2003PaulMattickAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorag