Format:
48 S.
,
zahlr. Ill.
Edition:
1. publ. in hardcover in the United States of America
ISBN:
050055031X
Series Statement:
Walter Neurath memorial lectures 30
Content:
"That there is a problem about modern art few would deny. Does it, as the art of the past always did, 'express the times', or is it a series of wilful aberrations? Do we have any way of judging its success or failure?" "Bypassing art/criticism and art/theory, Britain's social historian approaches the question from a new angle altogether. It is Professor Hobsbawm's thesis that, unlike writers and composers, who have come to terms with mass/production and the technology of infinite repetition, painters still cling to the unique art/object, the product of the artist's own hands. The result has been a succession of increasingly desperate 'avant/gardes', attempts to find relevance and meaning that - irrespective of the individual artist's talent or even genius - are doomed to failure. Not everyone will accept this analysis, but it is a major contribution to a dilemma of our time, and one which both artists and critics cannot afford to ignore."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ästhetik
;
Avantgarde
;
Geschichte
;
Kunst
;
Gesellschaft
;
Geschichte 1905-1965
Author information:
Hobsbawm, Eric J. 1917-2012
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