Art worlds / Howard S. Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Howard S. (Howard Saul), 1928-2023, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts and society.

Arts--Psychological aspects.

Arts.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.) : 42 illustrations

Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary edition, updated and expanded.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2008]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who—along with the artist—"produce" a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the conventions essential to this operation and, prospectively, at the extent to which art is shaped by this collective activity. The book is thoroughly illustrated and updated with a new dialogue between Becker and eminent French sociologist Alain Pessin about the extended social system in which art is created, and with a new preface in which the author talks about his own process in creating this influential work.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface to the 25th Anniversan,J Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

1. Art Worlds and Collective Activitv

2. Conventions

3. Mobilizing Resources

4. Distributing Art Works

5. Aesthetics, Aestheticians, and Critics

6. Art and the State

7. Editing

8. Integrated Professionals, Mavericks, Folk Artists, and Naive Artists

9. Arts and Crafts

10. Change in Art Worlds

11. Reputation

12. Epilogue to the 25th Anniversarv Edition: A Dialogue on the Ideas of "World" and "Field"

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520934870

0520934873

OCLC:

1163879057