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In 'Art Power' the author examines modern art according to its ideological function. Art, he argues, is produced and brought before the public in two ways - as a commodity and as a tool of political propaganda. In developing his thesis he looks at art produced under totalitarinism, Sociali...

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Main Author: Groĭs, Boris
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
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Summary:In 'Art Power' the author examines modern art according to its ideological function. Art, he argues, is produced and brought before the public in two ways - as a commodity and as a tool of political propaganda. In developing his thesis he looks at art produced under totalitarinism, Socialism and post-Communism.
Physical Description:187, [3] pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190).
ISBN:9780262072922
0262072920