Sociology of Art

This broad-ranging reader uses extracts form the core foundational and most influential contemporary writers in the field to present a productive interdisciplinary dialogue between sociology and art history as well as a fascinating introduction to the subject.

Jeremy Tanner is Lecturer in Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology, and co-ordinator of the graduate programme in Comparative Art and Archaeology at University Collge London.

1. Classical Sociological Theory and the Sociology of Art 2. The Social Production of Art 3. The Sociology of the Artist Commentary 4. Museums and the Social Construction of High Culture Commentary 5. Sociology, Aesthetic Form and the Specificity of Art