{"product_id":"comics-versus-art-paperback-softback-9781442612044","title":"Comics Versus Art (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442612044","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComics Versus Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBart Beaty (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442612044\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 July 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘This solid, sound, intriguing book will set the discourse on art and comics for a considerable time. Essential. All readers.’ - J.A. Lent (Choice Magazine vol 50:07:2013) \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Comics Versus Art\u003c\/em\u003e is an intriguing text for readers of comics, and an illuminating look at the theoretical underpinnings of what we call – and refuse to call – art.”\u003c\/p\u003e - Ian Daffern (Quill and Quire) ‘Excellent investigation of the world of comics… In writing a history of ways the comic world has been taken up during modern era and beyond through sociology of art perspective, Beaty has made a valuable new contribution to the study of comic form. - Beverly Haun (Canadian Literature 219, winter 2013)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the relationship between comics and the ‘high’ arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComics Versus Art\u003c\/em\u003e examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world, including museums, auction houses, and the art press. Bart Beaty's analysis centres around two questions: why were comics excluded from the history of art for most of the twentieth century, and what does it mean that comics production is now more closely aligned with the art world? Approaching this relationship for the first time through the lens of the sociology of culture, Beaty advances a completely novel approach to the comics form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eComics Arts World\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoy Lichtenstein's Tears: \u003cem\u003eRessentiment\u003c\/em\u003e and Exclusion in the World of Pop Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSearching for Artists in the Entertainment Empire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCartoons as Masterpieces: An Essay on Illustrated Classics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHighbrow Comics and Lowbrow Art?: The Shifting Contexts of the Comics Art Object\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Junk, Investments and Junk Investments: The Evolution of Comic Book Collectibles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrumbs from the Table: The Place of Comics in Museums\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy Way of Conclusion: Chris Ware's Comics About Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702518935832,"sku":"9781442612044","price":24.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/comics-versus-art-paperback-softback-9781442612044","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}