This work begins by noting that "the same civilization produces simultaneously... a poem by T.S. Eliot and a Tin Pan Alley song," and includes a thought experiment in which a Russian peasant is seen to prefer the work of Repin because it "tells a story.
This work concludes with the assertion that "Capitalism in decline finds that whatever of quality is is still capable of producing becomes... a threat to its own existence," in a section that outlines the interaction between one of its title concepts and dictatorships. One title concept of this work is laudedfor "seeking to go beyond Alexandrianism," and calls it "the imitation of imitating," while another title concept is described as being applicable to "all that's academic." This work begins by noting that "the same civilization produces simultaneously... a poem by T.S. Eliot and a Tin Pan Alley song," and includes a thought experiment in which a Russian peasant is seen to prefer the work of Repin because it "tells a story." This work's second title concept is condemned in this work for using the "debased... simulacra of genuine culture," and for being "vicarious experience and faked sensations," and is called a "rear guard" in opposition to the first title concept, which is exemplified by the work of such people as Joyce and Picasso. First published in the Partisan Review, for 10 points, identify this essay which champions abstract art, written by Clement Greenberg.
This work concludes with the assertion that "Capitalism in decline finds that whatever of quality is is still capable of producing becomes... a threat to its own existence," in a section that outlines the interaction between one of its title concepts and dictatorships.
Avant-Garde and Kitsch