| Description |
1 online resource (165 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies |
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Routledge advances in art and visual studies.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Structure of the Book -- Notes on Transliteration and Titles -- 1. "Culture Is Humanity's Highest Needs": Art and Artists between Autonomy and Coercion -- 1.1 Art as an Index of Modernity and Progress: The Syrian "Pioneer" Tawfiq Tarek -- 1.2 The Artist and the State: Navigating Artistic Freedom, Censorship and Threats of Co-Optation -- 1.3 Hopes for Change: Artists and the Artistic Infrastructure in the 2000s under Bashar al-Assad -- Conclusion |
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2. Commitment, Critique and the Power of Imagination -- 2.1 Artist-Citizen: Commitment and Critique in Syrian Art -- 2.2 Balancing on the Edges: Being an Artist in Twenty-First-Century Syria -- 2.3 Searching for Renewal: Video and Installation Art as Locations of Critique -- 2.4 Whose Art? The Audiences and Reception of Critical Art in Syria 58 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- 3. Creating Meaning in Visual Art: Technique, Critique and Subject Matter -- 3.1 On the Borders of Official Ideology: The Issue of Palestine Between Activism and Metaphor -- 3.2 Hidden Menaces: The Metaphor of the Abyss |
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3.3 Critique of Societal Rigidity -- 3.4 Counter-Narratives: When Artists Challenge Official Discourse and Taboos -- Conclusion -- 4. Singing in the Kingdom of Silence -- 4.1 "Branding" Contemporary Arab or Middle Eastern Art -- 4.2 The Missing Link: Syrian Artists and Their Relative Invisibility on the International Art Scene -- 4.3 Increased International Visibility of Syrian Artists after 2011 -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000067835 |
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1000067831 |
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