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19 lip 2021 · This paper introduces the French sociology of art to English-speaking scholars. Its story begins with a shift from the humanities to social sciences through the use of empirical methods, and a change in focus from artworks to the social conditions of their production, mediation, and reception.
1 sty 2023 · Because such issues cannot be fully addressed through the lens of a standard explanatory sociology, this article calls for a descriptive, pragmatic, qualitative, interpretivist, and value-neutral turn, inducing a new French sociology of art. Download chapter PDF.
Sixty years ago, the sociology of art did not yet exist in France, at least in a properly sociological form: it was still but a marginal extension of the history of art or literature, pertaining either to “sociological aesthetics” or to “social history of art.” It mainly consisted in analyzing artworks as
For the point of departure, we took four generations of the sociology of art as defined by Nathalie Heinich as well as the identification of the following four elements: an artwork and its reception, an artist and a creative process, an audience, and a social-institutional framework.
31 maj 2018 · Using How to Study Art Worlds, and some outside references, I'll do my best to introduce the basic theories here, particularly how they relate to my field, which is classical and contemporary classical music. One could ask, 'what is art sociology'? Or, 'what can sociologists contribute to the understanding of art'?
1 cze 2022 · This paper introduces the French sociology of art to English-speaking scholars. Its story begins with a shift from the humanities to social sciences through the use of empirical methods, and...
Sociology of Art is the study of the social aspects and influences on artistic expression, exploring how art is shaped by cultural, historical, and societal factors. AI generated definition based on: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2001
