Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts
Pierre Bourdieu is now recognized as one of the key contemporary critics of culture and the visual arts. Art Rules analyses Bourdieu's work on the visual arts to provide the first overview of his theory of culture and aesthetics. Bourdieu's engagement with both postmodernism and the 'problem of aesthetics' provides a new way of analysing the visual arts. His interest is in how artistic fields function and the implications their processes have for art and artistic practice. Art Rules applies Bourdieu's theory of practice to the three fields of museums, photography and painting. These practical examples are used as a springboard to address visual arts in the 21st Century and to establish Bourdieu's 'Rules of Art'.
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Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts
Pierre Bourdieu is now recognized as one of the key contemporary critics of culture and the visual arts. Art Rules analyses Bourdieu's work on the visual arts to provide the first overview of his theory of culture and aesthetics. Bourdieu's engagement with both postmodernism and the 'problem of aesthetics' provides a new way of analysing the visual arts. His interest is in how artistic fields function and the implications their processes have for art and artistic practice. Art Rules applies Bourdieu's theory of practice to the three fields of museums, photography and painting. These practical examples are used as a springboard to address visual arts in the 21st Century and to establish Bourdieu's 'Rules of Art'.
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Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

by Michael Grenfell, Cheryl Hardy
Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

by Michael Grenfell, Cheryl Hardy

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Overview

Pierre Bourdieu is now recognized as one of the key contemporary critics of culture and the visual arts. Art Rules analyses Bourdieu's work on the visual arts to provide the first overview of his theory of culture and aesthetics. Bourdieu's engagement with both postmodernism and the 'problem of aesthetics' provides a new way of analysing the visual arts. His interest is in how artistic fields function and the implications their processes have for art and artistic practice. Art Rules applies Bourdieu's theory of practice to the three fields of museums, photography and painting. These practical examples are used as a springboard to address visual arts in the 21st Century and to establish Bourdieu's 'Rules of Art'.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781845202347
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Publication date: 01/01/2007
Edition description: REV
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Michael Grenfell is Professor in the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Southampton.

Cheryl Hardy is Principal Lecturer at the University of Winchester.

Table of Contents

Introduction Section I: Theory * Bordieu: A Brief History of Theory * Aesthetics and the Visual Arts Section II: Practice * Museums * Photography * Painting Section III: Visual Arts in the 21st Century * Back to the Future * Conclusion

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