The arts and society : making new worlds by Hoover, Jeffrey, author instant download

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xvii, 489 pages : 26 cm, “The Arts and Society: Making New Worlds describes the evolving world of the arts and how it impacts our lives. This book was written to help one enter into a significant dialogue about the arts while leveraging ideas and values communicated by this mirror of society. Both fundamentals and more advanced concepts are presented for the visual arts, music, theater, poetry, dance, architecture, and film. This book considers not only the product but also the process: how work is created, presented, the resources required, and how society is ultimately served. Technical aspects of making art are discussed as well as society’s shaping forces.”--Back cover, The world of the integrated artist -- The world of presenters -- The world of the audience --choices and decisions -- Music and dance: time-based art -- Art through words and actions -- Art that is fixed -- Synthesis -- Art’s economics in society -- Economics and the individual artist -- Museums, challenging matters, and art forgery -- Government and commentary -- Controversy and the role of artists -- Calling for change -- Reaching outward and inward -- time and space -- The practices and perspectives of artists -- Secular and sacred spaces: architecture revised -- Paths for growth -- Perception and connection -- The promise of newness -- Today’s world and how is a part of it -- A fairytale, “The Arts and Society: Making New Worlds describes the evolving world of the arts and how it impacts our lives. This book was written to help one enter into a significant dialogue about the arts while leveraging ideas and values communicated by this mirror of society. Both fundamentals and more advanced concepts are presented for the visual arts, music, theater, poetry, dance, architecture, and film. This book considers not only the product but also the process: how work is created, presented, the resources required, and how society is ultimately served. Technical aspects of making art are discussed as well