Theory of art books

The essence of Susanne Kriemann's intermedial and intertextual work is expressed in her photographic installations...  Read More >>

Examines 'John the Baptist Reclining', considered to be Caravaggio's last painting.  Read More >>

Twentieth-century French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain is arguably one of the most significant contemporary...  Read More >>

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Designed to help both beginning and advanced students of photography better develop and articulate thoughtful criticism....  Read More >>

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Disgust is a strong aversion, yet paradoxically it can constitute an appreciative aesthetic response to works of...  Read More >>

Disgust is a strong aversion, yet paradoxically it can constitute an appreciative aesthetic response to works of...  Read More >>

Examining the complex intersections between art and scientific approaches to the natural world, this book reveals...  Read More >>

A monograph that focuses on ""Das Hotel"" and ""Ebbi"", two plays written by the German artist Max Beckmann (1884-1950)....  Read More >>

Such diverse perspectives can only stimulate debate in the academy and beyond about the history of the Gesamtkunstwerk...  Read More >>

Art and the City explores the contentious relationship between civic politics and visual culture in Los Angeles....  Read More >>

Modern French Identities focuses on the French and Francophone writing of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,...  Read More >>

Takes readers inside the world of contemporary art and shows them how to think, write, and talk about art.  Read More >>

Blurring boundaries between many disciplines, this title supplies a context and a rationale for discussing how technological...  Read More >>

Facing hardship, enduring pain, losing all - such things are a bitter pill to swallow for anyone. For those devoted...  Read More >>

Features the works of thirteen contemporary artists who explore the concept of ethical cohabitation - negotiating...  Read More >>

In the discourse between religion, art and psychoanalysis ways of pastoral care are being presented, that take the...  Read More >>

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Focuses on externalist approaches to art. This title is based on a workshop held in Milan in September 2009, where...  Read More >>

A provocative triptych of black queer desire, articulated through aesthetic works and experiences  Read More >>

This volume is the first sourcebook to provide, through original critical writings and artists' statements, a genealogy...  Read More >>

In the 1990s, net art burst onto the scene as a radical reflection on the role of technology in contemporary art....  Read More >>

a rare treatise concerning the religious symbolism of colour written in 1837 by Le Baron Frederick de Portal.  Read More >>

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