Theory of art books

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Gest: Laboratory of Synthesis #1

Gest: Laboratory of Synthesis #1

Author: Robert Garnett ,  Andrew Hunt
ISBN: 9781870699969
Format: Paperback
$19.95

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The Brillo Box Archive

The Brillo Box Archive

Author: Michael J. Golec
ISBN: 9781584657019
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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The Big Archive: Art From Bureaucracy

The Big Archive: Art From Bureaucracy

Author: Sven Spieker (Associate Professor , University of California at Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9780262195706
Format: Hardback
$73.79

The archive as a crucible of twentieth-century modernism and key for understanding contemporary art.  Read More >>

Desperate Necessity: Writings on Art and Creativity in Psychoanalytic Theory

Desperate Necessity: Writings on Art and Creativity...

Author: Eugene Glynn ,  Jonathan Weinberg
ISBN: 9781934772881
Format: Hardback
$52.80

Offers an account of the pitfalls and occasional successes in efforts to marshal psychoanalytic theory in the interpretation...  Read More >>

Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art

Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art

Author: John Sallis
ISBN: 9780226734224
Format: Hardback
$163.95

Develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical...  Read More >>

The Secret Code

The Secret Code

Author: Priya Hemenway
ISBN: 9783836507110
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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Ways of Seeing

Ways of Seeing

Author: John Berger
ISBN: 9780141035796
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Hidden Harmony: The Connected Worlds of Physics and Art

Hidden Harmony: The Connected Worlds of Physics and...

Author: Jack R. Leibowitz
ISBN: 9780801888663
Format: Hardback
$69.99

Featuring examples of paintings and sculptures and complementary examples of physical concepts, this contemplative...  Read More >>

Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority in Los Angeles

Art and the City: Civic Imagination and Cultural Authority...

Author: Sarah Schrank
ISBN: 9780812241174
Format: Hardback
$105.47

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Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography

Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography

Author: Robin Kinross
ISBN: 9780907259176
Format: Paperback
$79.20

"A selection of Robin Kinross's writings on typography, covering his major themes: the unsung virtues of editorial...  Read More >>

Terror and the Arts: Artistic, Literary, and Political Interpretations of Violence from Dostoyevsky to Abu Ghraib

Terror and the Arts: Artistic, Literary, and Political...

Author: M. Hyvärinen ,  L. Muszynski
ISBN: 9780230606715
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, no. 28: Artistic Adaptations: Approaches and Positions

Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, no. 28: Artistic...

Author: Ferial Ghazoul
ISBN: 9789774161957
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Addresses literary and artistic adaptations comprehensively. This title offers articles on adaptations and appropriations...  Read More >>

Maximin: Maximum Minimization in Contemporary Art

Maximin: Maximum Minimization in Contemporary Art

Author: Renate Wiehager
ISBN: 9788489935815
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Drawing Out Conversations: Eight Slangs

Drawing Out Conversations: Eight Slangs

Author: Michael Lee Hong Hwee
ISBN: 9789810811464
Format: Paperback
$46.55

What is drawing? What is a drawing? Why do artists still make or think about drawing? In an environment that celebrates...  Read More >>

Visualizing Rituals: Critical Analysis of Art and Ritual Practice

Visualizing Rituals: Critical Analysis of Art and Ritual...

Author: Julia Werts
ISBN: 9781847189905
Format: Paperback
$43.96

Diverse aspects of art-from its inception to its eventual display-have continuously been connected to rituals and...  Read More >>

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, 1968-2008

Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, 1968-2008

Author: David Walczak ,  Monika, Ph.d. Reuter
ISBN: 9780738554426
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Aesthetic Computing

Aesthetic Computing

Author: Paul A. Fishwick (The University of Texas at Dallas) ,  Roger F. Malina (Leonardo Executive Editor, Leonardo/ISAST)
ISBN: 9780262562379
Format: Paperback
$63.36

The application of the theory and practice of art to computer science: how aesthetics and art can play a role in...  Read More >>

Experiment Marathon: Hans Ulrich Obrist and Olafur Eliasson

Experiment Marathon: Hans Ulrich Obrist and Olafur Eliasson...

Author: Hafa Or Yngvason ,  Julia Peyton-Jones
ISBN: 9783865605078
Format: Paperback
$105.47

Text by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Olafur Eliasson, John Brockman, Bruno Latour, Gustav Metzger, Barbara Vanderlinden....  Read More >>

Better Citizenship Through Art Training - A Syllabus for High Schools, Colleges, or Study Clubs

Better Citizenship Through Art Training - A Syllabus...

Author: Minna McLeod Beck
ISBN: 9781443752879
Format: Paperback
$69.83

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Identity Theft: Cultural Colonisation and Contemporary Art

Identity Theft: Cultural Colonisation and Contemporary...

Author: Jonathan Harris
ISBN: 9781846311024
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Susan Hiller - The Provisional Texture of Reality: Selected Texts and Talks 1977-2007

Susan Hiller - The Provisional Texture of Reality: Selected...

Author: Susan Hiller ,  Alexandra M. Kokoli
ISBN: 9783905829563
Format: Paperback
$58.08

A former anthropologist, Susan Hiller has, since the late 1970s, forged an interface between critical writing and...  Read More >>

Better Citizenship Through Art Training - A Syllabus for High Schools, Colleges, or Study Clubs

Better Citizenship Through Art Training - A Syllabus...

Author: Minna McLeod Beck
ISBN: 9781443752886
Format: Paperback
$69.83

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Identity Theft: Cultural Colonisation and Contemporary Art

Identity Theft: Cultural Colonisation and Contemporary...

Author: Jonathan Harris
ISBN: 9781846311031
Format: Hardback
$224.40

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Unseen Mendieta: The Unpublished Works of Ana Mendieta

Unseen Mendieta: The Unpublished Works of Ana Mendieta...

Author: Olga M. Viso
ISBN: 9783791339665
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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