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Tables of Contents for The Necessity of Artspeak
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
The artspeak aphorism through the ages
xv
Introduction
Artspeak and necessity
3
12
Part I: Traditional Artspeak
Artspeak in antiquity
15
14
With glory not their own
29
15
The rise and fall of beauty
44
23
Part II: Artspeak Modern
Artspeak and the machine
67
21
The flight from meaning
88
16
Cultivating the primitive
104
17
Finding the words
121
22
Part III: Artspeak and Communication
Linguistic preliminaries to Part III
137
6
Surrogational artspeak
143
19
The artspeak contract
162
22
The Devil's question
184
25
Postscript
206
3
References
209
6
Index
215