Comics versus art / Bart Beaty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beaty, Bart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic books, strips, etc., in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world; including museums, auction houses, and the art press.

Contents:

Introduction: Out of the historical dustbin: comics and the hierarchy of genres

What if comics were art? Defining a comics art world

Roy Lichtenstein's tears: Ressentiment and exclusion in the world of pop art

Searching for artists in the entertainment empire

Cartoons as masterpieces: an essay on illustrated classics

Highbrow comics and lowbrow art? the shifting contexts of the comics art object

On junk, investments, and junk investments: the evolution of comic book collectables

Crumbs from the table: the place of comics in art museums

By way of conclusion: Chris Ware's Comics about art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-9627-3

1-4426-9626-5

OCLC:

811964386