Comics versus art

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 masterpie...

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Main Author: Beaty, Bart (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto [u.a.] : Univ. of Toronto Press , 2012
Subjects:
Comic
Kunst
Aufsatzsammlung
Bibliografie
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author Notes:Bart Beaty
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.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index

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