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The Abu Ghraib Effect

The Abu Ghraib Effect

Author: Stephen F. Eisenman
ISBN: 9781861893093
Format: Hardback
$52.67

A subtle, yet uncompromising analysis of the iconic photographs of torture from the prison at Abu Ghraib.  Read More >>

Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form

Basic Design: The Dynamics of Visual Form

Author: Maurice de Sausmarez
ISBN: 9780713683660
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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Clement Greenberg, Late Writings

Clement Greenberg, Late Writings

Author: Clement Greenberg ,  Robert C. Morgan
ISBN: 9780816639397
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Das Komische in Der Kunst

Das Komische in Der Kunst

Author: Roland Kanz ,  Hans Korner
ISBN: 9783412072063
Format: Hardback
$58.08

Contributions originally presented as lectures, 2004-2005, at the universities of Bonn, Cologne and Deusseldorf....  Read More >>

The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art

The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary...

Author: Petra Kuppers
ISBN: 9780816646531
Format: Paperback
$59.95

Contemporary visual and performance artists have adopted modern medical technologies such as MRIs and computer imaging-and...  Read More >>

Material Identities

Material Identities

Author: Joanna Sofaer (University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9781405132343
Format: Hardback
$186.95

Material Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their...  Read More >>

The Western Humanities

The Western Humanities

Author: Roy Matthews ,  Dewitt Platt
ISBN: 9780073136387
Format: Paperback
$277.20

Presents the cultural achievements of western civilization - art, music, history, literature, theater, film and...  Read More >>

Peripheral Insider: Perspectives on Contemporary Internationalism in Visual Culture

Peripheral Insider: Perspectives on Contemporary Internationalism...

Author: Khaled D Ramadan
ISBN: 9788772899671
Format: Paperback
$75.01

Argues that expatriate art or internationalism in visual art is not only part of the global art discourse, but a...  Read More >>

Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers

Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers

Author: Jonathan Vickery ,  Diarmuid Costello
ISBN: 9781845203207
Format: Paperback
$54.99

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Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

Author: Michael Grenfell ,  Cheryl Hardy
ISBN: 9781845202347
Format: Paperback
$66.99

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Tehran Studio Works: The Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh

Tehran Studio Works: The Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh...

Author: Mirjam Shatanawi
ISBN: 9780863566707
Format: Paperback
$60.59

A former fruit seller and volunteer soldier, Khosrow Hassanzadeh cuts an unusual figure in Tehran's high society...  Read More >>

Film: The Key Concepts

Film: The Key Concepts

Author: Nitzan Ben-Shaul
ISBN: 9781845203665
Format: Paperback
$44.99

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Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

Art Rules: Pierre Bourdieu and the Visual Arts

Author: Michael Grenfell ,  Cheryl Hardy
ISBN: 9781845202330
Format: Hardback
$260.00

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Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers

Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers

Author: Jonathan Vickery ,  Diarmuid Costello
ISBN: 9781845203191
Format: Hardback
$220.00

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The Rhetoric of Perspective: Realism and Illusionism in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Still-Life Painting

The Rhetoric of Perspective: Realism and Illusionism...

Author: Hanneke Grootenboer
ISBN: 9780226309705
Format: Paperback
$57.95

"Perspective determines how we, as viewers, perceive painting. We can convince ourselves that a painting of a bowl...  Read More >>

Art and Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre

Art and Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre...

Author: Walter A. Davis
ISBN: 9780745326474
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Examines art and censorship in the current political climate  Read More >>

Art and Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre

Art and Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre...

Author: Walter A. Davis
ISBN: 9780745326481
Format: Hardback
$264.00

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The Geometry of an Art: The History of the Mathematical Theory of Perspective from Alberti to Monge

The Geometry of an Art: The History of the Mathematical...

Author: Kirsti Andersen
ISBN: 9780387259611
Format: Hardback
$683.76

Key Issues ver since the late 1970s when Pia Holdt, a student of mine at the time, and Jed Buchwald, a colleague...  Read More >>

Visualizing Rituals: Critical Analysis of Art and Ritual Practice

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

Author: Julia Werts
ISBN: 9781847180766
Format: Hardback
$158.37

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

New Museums and the Making of Culture

New Museums and the Making of Culture

Author: Kylie Message
ISBN: 9781845204532
Format: Hardback
$290.27

Museums are much more than scholarly, cultural archives. They reflect global economics and local politics. They...  Read More >>

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