Theory of art books

Essays reflecting on the science of imaginary solutions, from an influential figure in pataphysical thought Pataphysics:...  Read More >>

Investigates the tensions between politics and aesthetics by exploring the ways in which various arts are mobilized...  Read More >>

As a philosophical approach, phenomenology is concerned with structure in how phenomena are experienced. This title...  Read More >>

With a foreword by well-known neuroscientist Alain Berthoz, The Style of Gestures convincingly makes the case that...  Read More >>

Art in Three Dimensions is a collection of essays by a leading figure in the philosophy of art. The animating idea...  Read More >>

As a philosophical approach, phenomenology is concerned with structure in how phenomena are experienced. This title...  Read More >>

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Flashes of lightning, resounding thunder, gloomy fog, brilliant sunshine…these are the life manifestations of the...  Read More >>

Represents Guy Mannes-Abbott's uniquely personal encounter with Palestine, interweaving short, poetic texts with...  Read More >>

Peter Lamarque explores metaphysical aspects of works of art, looking at their status as cultural artefacts, their...  Read More >>

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As the art world expands globally, as art galleries become wholesalers to international art fairs, as museums and...  Read More >>

This masterpiece of animal anatomy contains 36 plates that reproduce Stubbs' etchings. Based on the artist's own...  Read More >>

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By focusing on children and adults with disabilities, each contributor offers critical research which challenges...  Read More >>

Discusses the work of three critics who came to prominence in the 1960s who shared a disdain for modernism's authoritarianism,...  Read More >>

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This title aims to distil the research question and findings from a paper entitled Science, Nature and Identity:...  Read More >>

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Welche Schwierigkeiten und Möglichkeiten der visuellen Darstellung verbinden sich mit dem Ende der kommunistischen...  Read More >>

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition ""10/18/1973-02/29/2012"" curated by Dr. Ulrike Bestgen at the Neues...  Read More >>

Spanning a range of practices including kinetic art, happenings, environments, performance, installations, relational...  Read More >>

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Well-illustrated guide, by noted painter and teacher, uses stop-motion sequences of works in progress. Other topics:...  Read More >>

This book supplies detailed explanations for young singers, teachers, and professional singers with 'troubled' voices....  Read More >>