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Rhetoric, Social Value and the Arts
Charlotte . Ed(S): Bonham-Carter
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Description for Rhetoric, Social Value and the Arts
Hardback. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte. Num Pages: 134 pages, 7 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: ABQ; JFC; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
The book reveals how the ‘social value of art’ may have one meaning for a policy maker, another for a museum and still yet another for an artist – and it is therefore in the interaction between these agents that we learn the most about the importance of rhetoric and interpretation. As a trajectory in art history, socially engaged art has a long and established history. However, in recent years—or since ‘the social turn’ that occurred in the 1990s—the rhetoric surrounding the social value of art has been assimilated by cultural policy makers and museums. Interdisciplinary in its approach, and bringing ... Read more
The book reveals how the ‘social value of art’ may have one meaning for a policy maker, another for a museum and still yet another for an artist – and it is therefore in the interaction between these agents that we learn the most about the importance of rhetoric and interpretation. As a trajectory in art history, socially engaged art has a long and established history. However, in recent years—or since ‘the social turn’ that occurred in the 1990s—the rhetoric surrounding the social value of art has been assimilated by cultural policy makers and museums. Interdisciplinary in its approach, and bringing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
Number of Pages
172
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319452968
SKU
V9783319452968
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Ref
99-15
About Charlotte . Ed(S): Bonham-Carter
Charlotte Bonham-Carter is Course Leader of MA Arts and Cultural Enterprise at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK. She has held curatorial positions at Barbican Art Gallery, London; Institute for Contemporary Arts, London and Art on the Underground, the contemporary art programme of the Tube. She maintains a professional practice as a researcher and arts management consultant. ... Read more
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