The necessity of artspeak the language of the arts in the western tradition / Roy Harris.
| Author/creator | Harris, Roy, 1931- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Continuum, |
| Description | xvii, 222 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Preface -- The artspeak aphorism through the ages --Introduction -- 1 Artspeak and necessity --Part I: Traditional Artspeak -- 2 Artspeak in antiquity -- 3 With glory not their own -- 4 The rise and fall of beauty --Part II: Artspeak Modern -- 5 Artspeak and the machine -- 6 The flight from meaning -- 7 Cultivating the primitive -- 8 Finding the words --Part III: Artspeak and Communication -- Linguistic preliminaries to Part III -- 9 Surrogational artspeak -- 10 The artspeak contract -- 11 The Devil's question -- Postscript --References -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002071590 |
| ISBN | 0826460682 |
| ISBN | 0826460798 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |