Popularisation and Populism in the Visual Arts: Attraction Images (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies)

By: Anna Schober

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Synopsis: This book investigates the pictorial figurations, aesthetic styles and visual tactics through which visual art and popular culture attempt to appeal to "all of us". One key figure these practices bring into play—the "everybody" (which stands for "all of us" and is sometimes a "new man" or a "new woman")—is discussed in an interdisciplinary way involving scholars from several European countries. A key aspect is how popularisation and communication practices—which can assume populist forms—operate in contemporary democracies and where their genealogies lie. A second focus is on the ambivalences of attraction, i.e. on the ways in which visual creations can evoke desire as well as hatred.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780429885969
Related ISBNs:: 9780429467882, 9781138605886, 9781138605886
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/21/20
Copyrighted By:: Routledge
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Computers and Internet, Communication, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Anna Schober