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

Art in the age of mass media / John A. Walker.
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ISBN 0745317456
0745317448 (pbk.) :
9780745317441
Name Walker, John A., 1938- author.
Title Art in the age of mass media / John A. Walker.
Edition Third edition.
Published London, England ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001.
London, England ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001.
©2001.
Description viii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes Previous ed.: 1994.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 culture: affirmative or negative? -- 6. Cultural pluralism and post-modernism -- 7. Alternatives -- 8. Art and mass media in the 1980s -- 9. Artists and new media technologies -- 10. Art and mass media 1990-2000 -- 11. Conclusion.
Summary "John Walker examines the 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 to illustrate theoretical points, Walker explores the variety of ways in which modern artists have responded to the arrival of new, mass media. He ranges from the socialist paintings of Courbet to the anti-Nazi photomontages of Heartfield, from community murals and Keith Haring's use of graffiti to the kitsch self-promotion associated with Jeff Koons. The new edition describes what happened during the 1990s, including Toscani's adverts for Benetton, the simulations of Leeds 13, art and cinema, Damien Hirst, and the cyberart currently being produced for the internet. 'Art in the Age of Mass Media' is an introduction to the continuing debates between high art and low culture for students of media and cultural studies and art history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects Art criticism
Art criticism
Mass media and art
Popular culture
Internet Site http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001280617.html
See Also http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001280617.html
See Also https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt18mvnv2
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