The total work of art
Subtitle: from Bayreuth to cyberspace
By: Matthew Wilson Smith.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780415977951; 9780415977968; 9780203963166
Subjects: Aesthetics; Performing arts; Popular culture; Mass media; Art -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: The total work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction; title: Total stage: Wagner's Festspielhaus; title: Total machine: the Bauhaus theatre; title: Total montage: Brecht's reply to Wagner; title: Total state: Riefenstahl's Triumph of the will; title: Total world: Disney's theme parks; title: Total vacuum: Warhol's performances; title: Total immersion: cyberspace and the total work of art.