CS251 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Art History, Cultural Capital, Positive Force
Document Summary
Art history and aesthetics as self contained disciplines". Michael foucault"s idea that carving out such ideas of a study is a form of power that shapes and controls the way we make, do, or think about things. Viewed as elements of a broader visual culture art and architecture seep into social relations that were previously considered unrelated to them (ex. How art fits into power structure of society. Looking at the political power implications of cultural production that is marxism. How art and architecture fit into the world of politics and economics may be extrapolated onto other forms of cultural production as well (ex. Corporations use the arts to forward their own agenda and how culture is integrated into the economic and social power nexus. Sponsoring art" is a classy way of targeting niche higher economic class markets. How affiliated and a known supporter of the arts.
