The Popular as Art?: An Investigation into Form, Value, Concepts, and Justifications

by: Thomas Hecken (Author),Alexander Wells(Translator),Sophie Duveoy(Translator)&0more

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Edition: 2024th

Publication Date: 2024/9/29

Language: English

Print Length: 386 pages

ISBN-10: 3662697106

ISBN-13: 9783662697108

Book Description

This book will reconstruct and analyze the logic and frameworks surrounding positive evaluations of popular art in articles and books predominantly published in the United States and weste Europe. It will also examine negative evaluations of the popular, especially those that have successfully prevented the popular from being perceived as (good) art and still provide partially effective counterarguments today. This book will examine both relevant judgments on individual works and groups of works as well as general judgments and assessments.

About the Author

This book will reconstruct and analyze the logic and frameworks surrounding positive evaluations of popular art in articles and books predominantly published in the United States and weste Europe. It will also examine negative evaluations of the popular, especially those that have successfully prevented the popular from being perceived as (good) art and still provide partially effective counterarguments today. This book will examine both relevant judgments on individual works and groups of works as well as general judgments and assessments.