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The necessity of artspeak : the language of the arts in the western tradition
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The necessity of artspeak : the language of the arts in the western tradition

Author: Roy Harris
Publisher: London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Roy Harris
ISBN: 0826460682 9780826460684 0826460798 9780826460790
OCLC Number: 49936115
Description: xvii, 222 p. ; 25 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Roy Harris.
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