Distant Early Warning : Marshall McLuhan and the Transformation of the Avant-Garde /

Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) is best known as a media theorist-many consider him the founder of media studies-but he was also an important theorist of art. Though a near-household name for decades due to magazine interviews and TV specials, McLuhan remains an underappreciated yet fascinating figure...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kitnick, Alex (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2021]
Temas:
Art criticism > History > 20th century.
Art, Modern > 20th century > Philosophy.
Art, Modern-20th century-Philosophy.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics).
McLuhan, Marshall,-1911-1980-Aesthetics.
ART / General.
transformation, change, development, avant garde, art movement, marshall mcluhan, 1900s, 20th century, media, artistic, artist, theorist, theoretical, critique, criticism, academic, scholarly, research, history, historical, famous person, household name, influential, theories, marcel duchamp, niki de saint phalle, jasper johns, andy warhol, nam june paik, influencer, biography, biographical.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Age of Mechanical Production
  • 2. What It Means to Be Avant-Garde
  • 3. Lights On
  • 4. Electronic Opera
  • 5. Massage, ca. 1966
  • 6. Information Environment
  • 7. Culture Was His Business
  • Postscript: McLuhan's Art Today
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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