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The total work of art : from Bayreuth to cyberspace / Matthew Wilson Smith.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Smith, Matthew Wilson.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aesthetics.
Performing arts.
Popular culture.
Mass media.
Art--History.
Art.
History.
Physical Description:
xii, 226 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2007.
Summary:
The Total Work of Art provides a broad survey that incorporates many canonical artists into a single narrative. With particular attention to the influence of the Total Work of Art on modern theatre and performance, this brief introduction will also be of interest to students in such fields as film studies, music history, history of art, cultural studies, and modern European literatures.
Contents:
The total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction
Total stage: Wagner's Festspielhaus
Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre
Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner
Total state: Riefenstahl's Triumph of the will
Total world: Disney's theme parks
Total vacuum: Warhol's performances
Total immersion: cyberspace and the total work of art.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-220) and index.
ISBN:
9780415977951
0415977959
9780415977968
0415977967
OCLC:
71369027

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