Theory of art books

First published in 1982, The Sociology of Art considers all forms of the arts, whether visual arts, literature,...  Read More >>

In the world of Fashion Design, you just can't create without a fashion template. Our Fashion Design Sketchbooks...  Read More >>

Rembrandt's famous painting of an anatomy lesson, the shrunken head of an Australian indigenous leader, an aerial...  Read More >>

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Robert Irwin began his career in the 1950s as an abstract painter. In addition to being a prolific artist, Irwin...  Read More >>

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Leading art theorist analyzes the global style in art and architecture.  Read More >>

Inspired by Georges Bataille's ""Critical Dictionary"", this adventurous publication provides a combination of short...  Read More >>

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Ellis Rowan was a superbly talented and highly skilled Australian artist of the late 19th and early 20th century....  Read More >>

The Philosophy of Art is a highly accessible introduction to current key issues and debates in aesthetics and philosophy...  Read More >>

Making a strong case for a revaluation of Wyndham Lewis, this collection argues that significant aspects of Lewis's...  Read More >>

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A zoological guidebook to cuckoldry and commerce Admired by Marx and Engels, the Surrealists, the Situationists,...  Read More >>

A new edition of ARNA - a unique and progressive journal that showcases the voice of the Sydney University's Arts...  Read More >>

Severo Sarduy never enjoyed the same level of notoriety as did other Latin American writers like García Márquez...  Read More >>

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An investigation of the “occurrent arts” through the concepts of the “semblance” and “lived abstraction.”  Read More >>

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OElkins shines his bright light across the long overlooked shadowland of studio education. Beautifully written and...  Read More >>

Short biographies of six famous artists: Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo Buonarotti, John James Audubon, Oscar Claude...  Read More >>

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The foremost philosopher of art argues for a new politics of looking.  Read More >>

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