Theory of art books

In Common Skin, the first volume of the series Context Without Walls, the work of Myriam Mihindou (born 1964)...  Read More >>

Twenties Are Gone is a sentimental journey written in the mist of a Finnish August of 2012. It guides us as a reconstructed...  Read More >>

Do art and pornography overlap, or are the two mutually exclusive? If they are, why is that? Art and Pornography...  Read More >>

Stephen Davies presents a fascinating exploration of the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally,...  Read More >>

Image Studies offers an engaging introduction to visual and image studies. In order to better understand images...  Read More >>

Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens...  Read More >>

A practical guide to research methods in art and design, explaining and assessing approaches most suited to creative...  Read More >>

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Post-Critical Museology considers what the role of the public and the experience of audiences means to the everyday...  Read More >>

Art Teaching speaks to a new generation of art teachers in a changing society and fresh art world. Comprehensive...  Read More >>

Examining the notion of time in art history, Keith Moxey argues that looking at a work of art creates an experience...  Read More >>

Melancholy is not only about sadness, despair, and loss. As Renaissance artists and philosophers acknowledged long...  Read More >>

Amongst recent contemporary art and museological publications, there have been relatively few which direct attention...  Read More >>

This book is a study of contemporary spirituality as it is practiced in the world today, characterized by its secular...  Read More >>

Any artist wishing to practice figure drawing or to understand the body's movement will do well to study the interaction...  Read More >>

Two-part treatment illustrates portrayal of bones and muscles with numerous color plates, plus more than 100 diagrams...  Read More >>

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Addresses art history's complex relationships with fiction, poetry, and creative writing. Inspired by a 2010 conference,...  Read More >>

Through a wide range of international case studies, this interdisciplinary volume maps how oral history interviews...  Read More >>

In einer umfangreichen Untersuchung widmen sich Dieter Maurer und Claudia Riboni den fruhesten Zeichnungen und Malereien...  Read More >>

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Captures color's global history with chapters on indigo plantations in India and the American South, cochineal production...  Read More >>

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