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| Art in Its Time: Theories and Practices of Modern Aesthetics | 
| Author: Paul Mattick
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 694061
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0415239214
Dewey Decimal Number: 700.103
EAN: 9780415239219
ASIN: 0415239214
Publication Date: May 9, 2003
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What is the role of art in everyday life?
Art writing normally contrasts art with "everyday life." This book explores art as integral to the everyday life of modern society, providing materials to represent class and conflict, to explore sex and sexuality, and to think about modern industry and economic relationships. Art, as we know it, is not common to all forms of society but is peculiar to our own; what art is changes with people's conceptions of the tasks of art, conceptions that are themselves a part of social history. The history of society does not shape art from the outside, but includes the attempts of artists to find new ways of making art and thinking about it.
The essays in Art in Its Time offer a critical examination of the central categories of art theory and history. They propose a mode of understanding grounded in concrete case studies of ideas and objects, exploring such topics as the gender content of eighteenth-century theories of the sublime and beautiful, the role of photography in the production of aesthetic 'aura,' the limits of political art, and the paradox by which art, pursued for its own sake with no thought of commerical gain, can produce the highest-priced of all objects.
Employing an unusually wide range of historical sources and theoretical perspectives to understand the place of art in capitalist society, Art in Its Time shows a way out of many of the cul-de-sacs of recent art history and theory.
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superb! October 31, 2003
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This provocative book asks us to think in new ways about art and society. Mattick employs a deep knowledge of art history and philosophy to show the historical nature of "art" and its problematic status in contemporary society. Without leaning on academic jargon, Mattick describes how art as a social practice - in its production, consumption, and particularly its evaluation - has been assigned a unique status in capitalism. Modern art has functioned as the bearer of higher, more spiritual pursuits than mere money-making even while it has been the preserve of moneyed and educated elites. Paradoxically, art earns its high price tag as a consequence of its disassociation from commerce. Mattick does not deplore the fact that art is increasingly seen and experienced as one commodity among others, but suggests that there is a liberatory potential involved. It should be noted that although this book never flinches from facing the often discomfiting relationship of art to social class, Mattick is passionate about art and never engages in cheap, populist-style anti-art denunciations. Highest recommendation.
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