Main entry:

Hauser, Arnold, 1892-1978.

Title & Author:

The sociology of art / Arnold Hauser ; translated by Kenneth J. Northcott.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1982.

Description:

xxi, 776 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Part one 1: Totality of life and totality of art -- 2. Spontaneity and convention -- 3. Sociology and psychology -- 4. Art and historicity -- Part two: The interaction between art and society. Introduction: Interaction and dialectic -- 5. Art as a product of society -- 6. Society as the product of art -- Part three: Dialectic: Light and will-o'-the-wisp -- 7. The concept of dialectic -- 8. The principle of contradiction -- 9. The dialectic of history and nature -- 10. The dialectic of the aesthetic -- 11. Limits of dialectic -- Part four: En route from author to public. 12. Address and discussion -- 13. On the experience of art -- 14. The consumers of art -- 15. The mediators -- 16. Art criticism -- 17. Institution of mediation -- 18. The art trade -- 19. Understanding and misunderstanding -- 20. Success and failure -- 21. Social and antisocial motives -- Part five: The differentiation of art according to cultural strata. 22. Class and culture -- 23. The art of cultural elite -- 24. Folk-art -- 25. Popular art -- 26. Mass art -- 27. An interpretation of mass culture -- 28. The mass media -- 29. Pop art -- Part six: The end of art? -- 30. Concepts of the demise of art -- 31. Presuppositions of present-day art -- 32. Symptoms of crisis in present-day art.
Translation of: Soziologie der Kunst.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0226319490
9780226319490
0226319504
9780226319506

Subject:

Arts and society.
Arts et société.

Added entries:

Northcott, Kenneth J., translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 101508
Call No.: 9166 A623; ID:86-B20227
Status: Available