Studies in Art Education, April 1st, 2003
In this article, I offer a tentative definition of the "mass arts," spawned by mass production and mass marketing for profit. I suggest that images (artifacts, environments, events) created, produced and distributed under these conditions can be regarded as art insofar as they are: a) descendants from more traditional art forms, and b) intentionally contrived with an interest in merging form and content aesthetically. I recommend studies of the mass arts as one aspect of arts education and provide a sample of possibilities for content. The discussion is organized to indicate tendencies toward ...
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