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The necessity of art : a Marxist approach

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The Austrian poet and critic supports the idea of the universal necessity of art by exploring the history of literary and fine arts from a Marxist point of view.

Author(s): Ernst Fischer; Anna Bostock
Series: Pelican books
Year: 1963

Language: English
Pages: 131
Tags: marxism;communism;art;

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