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On the Philosophy of Central European Art - The History of an Institution and Its Global Competitors (Hardcover)
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On the Philosophy of Central European Art - The History of an Institution and Its Global Competitors (Hardcover)
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This book is an introduction to the history of the concept and the
institution of (fine) art, from its ancient Southern European roots
to the establishment of the modern system of the arts in eighteenth
century Central Europe. It highlights the way the concept and
institution of (fine) art, through colonialism and diaspora,
conquered the world. Ryynanen presents globally competing
frameworks from India to Japan but also describes how the art
system debased local European artistic cultures (by women, members
of the working class, etc) and how art with the capital A
appropriated not just non-Western but also Western alternatives to
art (popular culture). The book discusses alternative art forms
such as sport, kitsch, and rap music as pockets of resistance and
resources for future concepts of art. Ultimately, the book
introduces nobrow as an alternative to high and low, a new concept
that sheds light on the democratic potentials of the field of art
and invites reader to rethink the nature of art.
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