Title The transformation of the avant-garde : the New York art world, 1940-1985 / Diana Crane

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987

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Description ix, 194 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Introduction -- Style as a social phenomenon -- The dual role of the avant-garde : the aesthetic tradition and the crisis of meaning -- Popular culture as art : pop art as a transitional style -- Art and meaning : themes in representational painting -- Selling myths : art halleries and the art market -- Art museums and the reception of avant-garde styles -- Epilogue : The evolution of the avant-garde -- Appendix A : Unobtrusive methods for researching an art form -- Appendix B : Supplemental tables -- Appendix C : Lists of artists by style Summary Discusses the social aspects of art, popular culture as art, galleries, museums, and the meaning of art Analysis New York (City) Arts New York (City). Arts Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 169-188 Includes index Subject Art and society -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Art and society -- New York (State) -- New York. Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York. Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York. Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century. Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York. Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York. Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century. Popular culture -- New York (State) -- New York. Popular culture -- United States. SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007751 -- Popular culture New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95005084 LC no. 87005013 ISBN 0226117898

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