Sociology of Art - A Reader (Hardcover)

Contents:
1. Classical Sociological Theory and the Sociology of Art 1.1 Marxism and Art History 1.2 Max Weber: art and cultural rationalisation 1.3 Georg Simmel: the aesthetics of social reality 1.4 Emile Durkheim: social structure, material culture and symbolic communication 2. The Social Production of Art 2.1 Raymond Williams: "Productive Forces", "From Reflection to meditation" 2.2 Howard Becker: "Art as Collective Action" 2.3 Pierre Boudiue: "But who created the creators?" 3. The Sociology of the Artist Commentary 3.1 A. Hauser: "The Social Status of the Renaissance Artist" 3.2 Natalie Heinich: "The Van Gogh Effect" 3.3 Norbert Elias: "Craftsman's art and artisits art" 3.4 David Brian: "Material agency and the art of artifacts" 4. Museums and the Social Construction of High Culture Commentary 4.1 Jurgen Habermas: "Art criticism and the institutions of the public sphere 4.2 Pierre Bourdieu: "Outline of a sociological theory or art perception" 4.3 Paul Di Maggio: "Cultural entrepreneurship in 19th century Boston: the creation of an organisational base for high culture in America" 4.4 Vera Zolberg: "Conflicting visions in American art museums" 5. Sociology, Aesthetic Form and the Specificity of Art 5.1 Karl Mannheim: "The Dynamics of spiritual realities" 5.2 Robert Witkin: "van Eyck through the looking glass: social structure, semiotic codes and the aesthetics of naturalism 5.3 Talcott Parsons: "Art as expressive symbolism: action theory and the sociology of art"

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Jeremy Tanner
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-30884-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-30884-4
Barcode:	9780415308847

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