{"product_id":"9781642592559","title":"The Dialectics of Art","description":"Author: John Molyneux\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781642592559\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 Mar 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 300 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a sweeping survey of art from the dawn of the bourgeois era to the present day, John Molyneux explains what makes artistic production under capitalism unique, moving, and possibly revolutionary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the question of 'what is art' - it is often simply responded that art is whatever is produced by the artist. For John Molyneux, this clearly circular answer is deeply unsatisfying. In a tour de force spanning renaissance Italy and the Dutch Republic to contemporary leading figures,\u003ci\u003e The Dialectics of Art \u003c\/i\u003einstead approaches its subject matter as a distinct field of creative human labour that emerges alongside and in opposition to the alienation and commodification brought about by capitalism. The pieces and individuals Molyneux examines - from Michelangelo's Slaves to Rembrandts Jewish Bride to the vast drip paintings of Jackson Pollock - are presented as embodying the social contradictions of their times, giving art an inherently political relevance.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn its relationship of creative and dialectical tension to prevailing social relationships and norms, such art points beyond the existing order of things, hinting at a potential future society not based on alienated labour in which creative production becomes the property and practice of all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47922402230430,"sku":"ING-9781642592559","price":80.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781642592559.jpg?v=1782890257","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781642592559","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}