The Arts books

Unpacking the phenomenon of celebrity presidents, this book explores how theatrical techniques function as expedient...  Read More >>

This richly illustrated book presents the art, architecture, and material culture of a little-known Byzantine dynasty,...  Read More >>

Creative Writing Unleashed situates creative writing in dialogue with other disciplines to suggest new ways of approaching...  Read More >>

Through the study of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's painting, this book reveals unknown and intriguing aspects of early...  Read More >>

A collection of essays and inteviews that encompass Boris Groys’ ideas on the unity of philosophy, art and politics....  Read More >>

In The Cinema of Social Death: Blackhood At-Large, Tryon P. Woods argues that cinematic counter-narratives to society’s...  Read More >>

In this book, Jonathan Scott Lee argues that Jean-Luc Godard is best seen as a philosopher who uses cinema and video...  Read More >>

Kwasu D. Tembo unites approaches from disciplines as wide-ranging as physics, mathematics, cinema, philosophy, and...  Read More >>

This book provides a history of music education (1839–1960), capturing the beginning of music participation and...  Read More >>

An in-depth exploration of how 20th century Indian art cinema shaped class identity and its often overlooked place...  Read More >>

Offers a re-theorizing of virtual reality through the lens of embodiment and the human experience, rather than tying...  Read More >>

This book examines the representation of the single woman in contemporary popular culture and places it in juxtaposition...  Read More >>

The first book in English exploring the quadrille as danced among the Skolt Saami, one of the indigenous Saami peoples...  Read More >>

This edited collection is compiled from the first MENACA (Middle East, North African, and Central Asian) Dance and...  Read More >>

Exploring the social roles of images in late sixteenth-century Italy, this book demonstrates that the pressures...  Read More >>

Sustainable management of organic residues dragged attention to develop model circular based economy in agriculture....  Read More >>

Kelsey Ridge provides a thorough overview of how we can use trauma theory to understand Shakespeare through its...  Read More >>

This book is a pioneering work dedicated to the concept of ""transmattering,"" which redefines our understanding...  Read More >>

Visionary self-taught Southern folk artist Minnie Evans receives a long overdue encore of her mystical, divinely...  Read More >>

Using the head as a site of investigation, Basquiat's frenetic drawings of faces are at once immediate and contemplative...  Read More >>

A comprehensive exploration of the evolutions, innovations, and legacies of French art from the late eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Reconciling violence and ingenuity, intimacy and theatricality, Schütte's ongoing examination of the human figure...  Read More >>

Provocative yet deeply personal, Emin's carnal, soul-bearing mixed-media works combine corporeal and emotional pain...  Read More >>

Through intricate grids of small crosses, Ding builds up sophisticated, constellation-like canvases In reaction...  Read More >>

Fontana's late-career work in ceramics receives a sumptuous retrospective In the latter half of his life, Lucio...  Read More >>