American Canvas : an Arts Legacy for Our Communities
Author | : Gary O. Larson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Arts and society |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gary O. Larson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Arts and society |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Americans for the Arts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2016-05-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780997507508 |
In Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America'sCommunities, 11 essays explore the past, present, and future ofcommunity development and the arts. How are communitieschanging, and what is the role that arts, culture, heritage,and tradition can play? What new challenges will arise ineducation, economics, environment, social fabric, infrastructure,incarceration, and more that will threaten the vitality of ourcommunities? And what is the role of arts and culturein mitigating those challenges?
Author | : Joli Jensen |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780742517417 |
Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts. Jensen argues that faith in high culture's unproven ability to transform people and society allows social critics to keep faith with the idea of a democratic society while deploring popular culture. Employing perspectives from Tocqueville and Dewey, she argues that the arts are good, but they don't do good. Instead of expecting the arts to improve things (and blaming the media for ruining them) we need to recognize that it is up to us, not "the arts" to make the world a better place.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 972 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Lambert Zuidervaart |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2010-11-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 113949175X |
This book examines fundamental questions about funding for the arts: why should governments provide funding for the arts? What do the arts contribute to daily life? Do artists and their publics have a social responsibility? Challenging questionable assumptions about the state, the arts and a democratic society, Lambert Zuidervaart presents a vigorous case for government funding, based on crucial contributions the arts make to civil society. He argues that the arts contribute to democratic communication and a social economy, fostering the critical and creative dialogue that a democratic society needs. Informed by the author's experience leading a non-profit arts organisation as well as his expertise in the arts, humanities and social sciences, this book proposes an entirely new conception of the public role of art with wide-ranging implications for education, politics and cultural policy.
Author | : Stanley Aronowitz |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 2017-07-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 111939547X |
Using an innovative framework, this reader examines the most important and influential writings on modern class relations. Uses an interdisciplinary approach that combines scholarship from political economy, social history, and cultural studies Brings together more than 50 selections rich in theory and empirical detail that span the working, middle, and capitalist classes Analyzes class within the larger context of labor, particularly as it relates to conflicts over and about work Provides insight into the current crisis in the global capitalist system, including the Occupy Wall Street Movement, the explosion of Arab Spring, and the emergence of class conflict in China
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 996 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Derrick Chong |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2005-06-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1134561016 |
Presenting this critical overview, at a time when interest in aesthetics and managements studies is rapidly increasing, Derrick Chong explores a vital sub-discipline: arts management. Using a diverse range of sources that include contributions from contemporary artists, prominent management theorists and the experience of arts managers, topics discussed include: arts research cultural entrepreneurship collaborations in the arts artistic leadership institutional identity arts marketing creative approaches to financing organizational forms and dynamics. The book makes a concerted effort to address the artistic, managerial and social obligations of arts and cultural organisations operating in contemporary urban environs. As such, it is a must-read for students and scholars of business, management and art.
Author | : Michelle Kamhi |
Publisher | : Open Court |
Total Pages | : 541 |
Release | : 2016-05-26 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0812699599 |
What is art? The arts establishment has a simple answer: anything is art if a reputed artist or expert says it is. Though many people are skeptical about the alleged new art forms that have proliferated since the early twentieth century, today's critics claim that all such work, however incomprehensible, is art. A groundbreaking alternative to this view is provided by philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand (1901–1982). Best known as the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Rand also created an original and illuminating theory of art, which confirms the widespread view that much of today's purported art is not really art at all. In What Art Is, Torres and Kamhi present a lucid introduction to Rand's esthetic theory, contrasting her ideas with those of other thinkers. They conclude that, in its basic principles, her account is compelling, and is corroborated by evidence from anthropology, neurology, cognitive science, and psychology. The authors apply Rand's theory to a debunking of the work of prominent modernists and postmodernists—from Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, and Samuel Beckett to John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and other highly regarded postmodernist figures. Finally, they explore the implications of Rand's ideas for the issues of government and corporate support of the arts, art law, and art education. "This is one of the most interesting, provocative, and well-written books on aesthetics that I know. While fully accessible to the general reader, What Art Is should be of great interest to specialists as well. Ayn Rand's largely unknown writings on art—especially as interpreted, released from dogma, and smoothed out by Torres and Kamhi—are remarkably refined. Moreover, her ideas are positively therapeutic after a century of artistic floundering and aesthetic quibbling. Anyone interested in aesthetics, in the purpose of art, or in the troubling issues posed by modernism and post modernism should read this book." —Randall R. Dipert Author of Artifacts, Art Works, and Agency "Torres and Kamhi effectively situate Rand's long-neglected esthetic theory in the wider history of ideas. They not only illuminate her significant contribution to an understanding of the nature of art; they also apply her ideas to a trenchant critique of the twentieth century's 'advanced art.' Their exposure of the invalidity of abstract art is itself worth the price of admission." —Chris Matthew Sciabarra Author of Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical "Rand's aesthetic theory merits careful study and thoughtful criticism, which Torres and Kamhi provide. Their scholarship is sound, their presentation is clear, and their judgment is refreshingly free from the biases that Rand's supporters and detractors alike tend to bring to considerations of her work." —Stephen Cox University of California, San Diego