Comics versus art
by Beaty, Bart
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.
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- Full title :Comics versus art / Bart Beaty.
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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.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication:Toronto
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 274 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781442696266, 1442696265
- oclc:ocn811964386
- LC Classification:PN6710
- Dewey Decimal:741.5
Table of 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.
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