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The total work of art : from Bayreuth to cyberspace / Matthew Wilson Smith.

By: Smith, Matthew Wilson.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 2007Description: xii, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415977959.Subject(s): Aesthetics | Performing arts | Popular culture | Mass mediaDDC classification: 700.1
Contents:
Total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction -- Total stage: Wagner's festspielhaus -- Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre -- Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner -- Total state: Riefenstahl's triumph of the will -- Total world: Disney's theme parks -- Total vacuum: Warhol's performances -- Total immersion: cyberspace.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Total Work of Art provides a broad survey that incorporates many canonical artists into a single narrative. With particular attention to the influence of the Total Work of Art on modern theatre and performance, this brief introduction will also be of interest to students in such fields as film studies, music history, history of art, cultural studies, and modern European literatures.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction -- Total stage: Wagner's festspielhaus -- Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre -- Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner -- Total state: Riefenstahl's triumph of the will -- Total world: Disney's theme parks -- Total vacuum: Warhol's performances -- Total immersion: cyberspace.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of illustrations (p. ix)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1 The total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction (p. 8)
  • 2 Total stage: Wagner's Festspielhaus (p. 22)
  • 3 Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre (p. 48)
  • 4 Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner (p. 71)
  • 5 Total state: Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (p. 92)
  • 6 Total world: Disney's theme parks (p. 114)
  • 7 Total vacuum: Warhol's performances (p. 134)
  • 8 Total immersion: cyberspace and the total work of art (p. 157)
  • Conclusion (p. 187)
  • Notes (p. 189)
  • Works cited (p. 206)
  • Index (p. 221)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Matthew Wilson Smith is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University

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