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...instructors of art and their students will especially benefit from this thought-provoking and nuanced book.--Birch, Anthony Bridges

Discussing art as a function of politics, this book offers a fresh perspective on the place of art in our lives and our society. Writing in a direct and accessible manner, Sassower and Cicotelli bring clarity to a complex range of materials and philosophical positions. -- Adam J. Lerner, The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar ...instructors of art and their students will especially benefit from this thought-provoking and nuanced book. -- Anthony Birch, Gainesville, Georgia Bridges In an important and ground-breaking analysis, Sassower and Cicotello dissect the social power of imagery, from art to propaganda. Now more than ever images shape and control our lives, and this book points in a new direction, perhaps toward a new discipline, for understanding them. From politics and economics to structures of the mind, the context and appeal of art is examined through a radical social/aesthetic approach. The right questions are asked-about interests, culture, beauty-and a deep reading of images emerges, a reading increasingly essential for our time. -- Will Wright, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Louis Cicotello is Professor of Visual Arts, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

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