The necessity of artspeak
Harris, Roy, 1931-
The necessity of artspeak the language of the arts in the western tradition / [electronic resource] : Roy Harris. - London ; New York : Continuum, 2003. - xvii, 222 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.
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.
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Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Semiotics and the arts.
Electronic books.
NX180.S46 / H37 2003eb
701/.4
The necessity of artspeak the language of the arts in the western tradition / [electronic resource] : Roy Harris. - London ; New York : Continuum, 2003. - xvii, 222 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-214) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Semiotics and the arts.
Electronic books.
NX180.S46 / H37 2003eb
701/.4