The Austrian poet and critic supports the idea of the universal necessity of art by exploring the history of literary an
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English Pages 135 Year 1963
Table of contents :
Ch I. THE FUNCTION OF ART
Ch II. THE ORIGINS OF ART
Tools
Language
Making Alike
The Power of Magic
Art and the Class Society
Ch III. ART AND CAPITALISM
Romanticism
Folk Art
L'art pour l'art
Impressionism
Naturalism
Symbolism and Mysticism
Alienation
Nihilism
Dehumanization
Fragmentation
Mystification
The Flight from Society
Realism
Socialist Realism
Ch IV. CONTENT AND FORM
Crystals
Ornaments
Living Organisms
SocietySubject, Content, Meaning
How the Meaning of a Subject Changes
Interpretation of a Picture
Giotto
Society and Style
Form and Social Experience
The Magic Cave
Nostalgia for the “Source”
The World and Language of Poetry
Music
Ch V. THE LOSS AND DISCOVERY OF REALITY
Art and the Masses
Between Rise and Decline
The Dream of the Day after Tomorrow