Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This paper will evaluate the value of bad art, calling into question the function of aesthetic experience as defined philosophically, psycho-socially and ethically. We shall find that bad art serves an important artistic and aesthetic, social and economic role in our globalized modern culture. We shall also find the exponential growth of bad art as a symptom of the modernist myth of progress and commercial determinism, wherein 'the market' and methods of display exert an unprecedented influence on art production and art reception. Additionally, similarities will come to light between the art of our time and that of other post-industrial eras of decline, revealing the hidden neurosis of the modern individual. Ultimately, we shall prove that bad art, as interpreted by Odd Nerdrum, fulfills art's oldest function, providing us with a dramatized view of ourselves which reveals our alienation from nature, our bodies and our history.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Campus Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Art
- Year
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Bethea, Sarah
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Andrew Graciano
Subjects
dc:subject × 7Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- © 2011, Sarah Bethea
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2078
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarcommons.sc.edu:etd-3079