Theory of art books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still...  Read More >>

Ugliness is very much alive in the history of art. Drawing across disciplinary and cultural boundaries, the writers...  Read More >>

Rather than questioningwhether there is-or should be-contemporary art history, Jane Blocker arguesthat we should...  Read More >>

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About this Book / Bristol born Banksy is usually categorized as a Street Artist, although his art, in content and...  Read More >>

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A book that allow us to travel through da Vinci's thoughts and will forever shift your own thinking to an amazing...  Read More >>

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This text theorizes political change from within social movement via an engagement with autonomist politics and...  Read More >>

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If we feel an inner need and desire to paint, then we have to draw in a past life. We can only remember. I'll help...  Read More >>

Brings together historians, philosophers, critics, curators, artists, and educators to ask how art is and should...  Read More >>

Feminism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism, among other critical approaches, have undermined traditional...  Read More >>

If you thought these paintings were familiar, look again, and look closer. Part art history, part detective work,...  Read More >>

Something in the world tears away, jumps out, approaches... A world that approaches is a world that is alive and...  Read More >>

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This text theorizes political change from within social movement via an engagement with autonomist politics and...  Read More >>

A Companion to Roman Art encompasses various artistic genres, ancient contexts, and modern approaches for a comprehensive...  Read More >>

Everyone can draw and so can you, no previous knowledge is needed. We will be diving into the world of sea animals....  Read More >>

The focus of this new series is to create a mechanism for you to paint beautiful freehand rose compositions. This...  Read More >>

Now available in a fully revised and updated second edition, this accessible and insightful introduction outlines...  Read More >>

In this original work, the author (an abstract artist) demonstrates what he calls the 'many-folded forms' of artistic...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The idea of light and darkness is one of the central ideas of the Symbolist movement, since this is a movement of...  Read More >>