New York: Palgrave Pivot, 2012. — 105 p. — ISBN10: 113728868X; ISBN13: 978-1137288684. The digital broadcasting of performances to cinemas, or 'livecasting', burst onto the world scene in 2006. This book explores the reasons for its rise, examines the aesthetics of filming theatre and opera performances, and explores who the audiences are and what they want. Introduction: The...
New York: Macmillan & Company (1933). Motion pictures are not understood by the present generation of adults. They are new; they make an enormous appeal to children; and they present ideas and situations which parents may not like. Consequently when parents think of the welfare of their children who are exposed to these compelling situations, they wonder...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. — 279 p. — ISBN10: 3319662295, 13 978-3319662299. This book offers trans-historical and trans-national perspectives on the image of "the artist" as a public figure in the popular discourse and imagination. Since the rise of notions of artistic autonomy and the simultaneous demise of old systems of patronage from the late eighteenth century onwards,...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. — 256 p. — ISBN10: 3319662295, 13 978-3319662299. This book offers trans-historical and trans-national perspectives on the image of "the artist" as a public figure in the popular discourse and imagination. Since the rise of notions of artistic autonomy and the simultaneous demise of old systems of patronage from the late eighteenth century onwards,...
Berg Publishers, 2007. — 225 p. Pierre Bourdieu is now recognized as one of the key contemporary critics of culture and the visual arts. Art Rules analyses Bourdieu's work on the visual arts to provide the first overview of his theory of culture and aesthetics. Bourdieu's engagement with both postmodernism and the problem of aesthetics provides a new way of analyzing the visual...
Picador, 1999. — 258 p. With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays. Remembered Rapture celebrates literacy, the joys of...
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. — ISBN10: 0226389618; ISBN13: 978-0226389615. The image of a tortured genius working in near isolation has long dominated our conceptions of the artist's studio. Examples are abound: think Jackson Pollock dripping resin on a cicada carcass in his shed in the Hamptons. But times have changed; ever since Andy Warhol declared his art...
State University of New York Press, 2016. — 173 p. — ISBN10: 143845919X. — ISBN13: 1438459196. — Suny Series in New Political Science Situated at the intersection of anarchist and democratic theory, "Anarchism and Art" focuses on four popular art forms DIY (Do It Yourself) punk music, poetry slam, graffiti and street art, and flash mobs found in the cracks between dominant...
University of Toronto Press, 2013. — 192 p. In every major city, there exists a complex exchange between urban space and the institution of the theatre. City Stages is an interdisciplinary and materialist analysis of this relationship as it has existed in Toronto since 1967. Locating theatre companies – their sites and practices – in Toronto’s urban environment, Michael...
Routledge, 2003. — 288 p. This unique anthology provides readers with a fascinating and complete introduction to the fundamental theories and debates in the sociology of art, using extracts from the core foundational and most influential contemporary writers in the field.
Cambridge University Press, 1990. — 252 c. — ISBN: 978-0-521-35146-1 (Hardback); ISBN: 978-0-521-35959-7 (Paperback). In this book, the author examines the diverse theoretical approaches to the study of the arts and develops a sociological approach that acknowledges the importance of aesthetic imperatives and the individual creative process while also assessing the...
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