Sociology of art

Approaches

In her 1970 book Meaning and Expression: Toward a Sociology of Art, Hanna Deinhard gives one approach:

"The point of departure of the sociology of art is the question: How is it possible that works of art, which always originate as products of human activity within a particular time and society and for a particular time, society, or function -- even though they are not necessarily produced as 'works of art' -- can live beyond their time and seem expressive and meaningful in completely different epochs and societies? On the other hand, how can the age and society that produced them be recognized in the works"?[1]

Other approaches consider the social and economic background to the creation of works of art, which has been a great focus of art history in recent decades. The role of patrons and consumers of art, as well as those of the artist(s) themselves, are considered. There has also been a great interest in the history of art collecting, and the history of older objects between their creation and their current location, beyond a mere provenance.

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See also

References
  1. Deinhard, Hanna (1970). Meaning and Expression: Toward a Sociology of Art. Boston: Beacon Press. p. 3.

Further reading
  • Deinhard, Hanna, Meaning and Expression: Toward a Sociology of Art. Beacon Press, Boston, 1970. ISBN 0-8070-6664-8
  • Becker, Howard S. Art Worlds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982.
  • Raymonde Moulin The French Art Market, Rutgers University Press, 1987
  • Nakajima, Seio. "Prosumption in Art." American Behavioral Scientist Vol. 56, No. 4 (April 2012): 550-569.
  • John Paul, Art as Weltanschauung: An Overview of Theory in the Sociology of Art. Electronic Journal of Sociology, 2005.
  • Alain Quemin, "Globalization and Mixing in the visual arts. An Empirical Survey of "High Culture" and Globalization", International Sociology, vol. 21, n°4, July 2006, p. 522-550.
  • Harrison C. White and Cynthia A. White (1993), Canvases and Careers: Institutional Change in the French Painting World, University of Chicago Press, Chicago


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