Theory of art books

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The Constructivist Moment

The Constructivist Moment

Author: Barrett Watten
ISBN: 9780819566102
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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Visual Studies: A Skeptical Introduction

Visual Studies: A Skeptical Introduction

Author: James Elkins (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA)
ISBN: 9780415966801
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Acclaimed author, James Elkins, presents a road map of the field of visual studies, describing its major concerns...  Read More >>

Shattuck Roger - The Innocent Eye

Shattuck Roger - The Innocent Eye

Author: Roger Shattuck
ISBN: 9780878466542
Format: Paperback
$59.40

In a collection of interlocking essays, Shattuck assesses the contributions of modern, primarily French, art and...  Read More >>

Art History after Modernism

Art History after Modernism

Author: Hans Belting ,  Caroline Saltzwedel
ISBN: 9780226041858
Format: Paperback
$54.95

In this title, Belting examines how art is made, viewed, and interpreted today. Arguing that contemporary art has...  Read More >>

Assessing Expressive Learning: A Practical Guide for Teacher-directed Authentic Assessment in K-12 Visual Arts Education

Assessing Expressive Learning: A Practical Guide for...

Author: Charles M. Dorn ,  Robert Sabol
ISBN: 9780805845242
Format: Paperback
$94.99

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Art History after Modernism

Art History after Modernism

Author: Hans Belting ,  Caroline Saltzwedel
ISBN: 9780226041841
Format: Hardback
$167.95

Belting examines how art is made, viewed, and interpreted today. Arguing that contemporary art has burst out of...  Read More >>

Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art

Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art...

Author: William Desmond
ISBN: 9780791457467
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art

Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art...

Author: William Desmond
ISBN: 9780791457450
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Addresses the end of art and the task of metaphysics.  Read More >>

Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age

Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age...

Author: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht ,  Michael J. Marrinan
ISBN: 9780804744362
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Since its publication in 1936, Walter Benjamin's ""Artwork"" essay has become a canonical text about the status...  Read More >>

Art's Prospect: The Challenge of Tradition in an Age of Celebrity

Art's Prospect: The Challenge of Tradition in an Age...

Author: Roger Kimball
ISBN: 9781566635097
Format: Hardback
$40.95

"With reviews and essays composed over the last 20 years and revised for this book, ""Art's Prospects"" illuminates...  Read More >>

Art and Photography

Art and Photography

Author: David Campany
ISBN: 9780714842868
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age

Mapping Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Digital Age...

Author: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht ,  Michael J. Marrinan
ISBN: 9780804744355
Format: Hardback
$171.47

Since its publication in 1936, Walter Benjamin's ""Artwork"" essay has become a canonical text about the status...  Read More >>

Mathematics, Art, Technology and Cinema

Mathematics, Art, Technology and Cinema

Author: Michele Emmer ,  Mirella Manaresi
ISBN: 9783540006015
Format: Hardback
$308.88

Deals with mathematics, art, technology and images. This work also talks about cinema, which in the past years,...  Read More >>

Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention since the 1980s

Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention since...

Author: Chin-tao Wu
ISBN: 9781859844724
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Corporate sponsorship and involvement in the visual arts has become increasingly common. Wu's book is a detailed...  Read More >>

Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion

Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion

Author: Simon Leung ,  Wendy Ewald
ISBN: 9781890761059
Format: Paperback
$39.47

What is Postmodernism, and is it a useful concept for understanding American art and visual culture of the past...  Read More >>

The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics

The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics...

Author: Peter F. Smith (University of Nottingham and Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415300100
Format: Paperback
$120.00

It is only worth examining the experience of aesthetic pleasure if there are grounds for believing that there are...  Read More >>

Marc Chagall on Art and Culture

Marc Chagall on Art and Culture

Author: Benjamin Harshav
ISBN: 9780804748308
Format: Hardback
$145.20

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art...  Read More >>

Words for Pictures: Seven Papers on Renaissance Art and Criticism

Words for Pictures: Seven Papers on Renaissance Art...

Author: Michael Baxandall
ISBN: 9780300097498
Format: Hardback
$105.60

The Italian Renaissance was a creative period for art criticism as well as for art. This collection of papers by...  Read More >>

The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics

The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics...

Author: Peter F. Smith (University of Nottingham and Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415300094
Format: Hardback
$315.00

It is only worth examining the experience of aesthetic pleasure if there are grounds for believing that there are...  Read More >>

Pulse: Art, Healing & Transformation

Pulse: Art, Healing & Transformation

Author: Jessica Ed Morgan
ISBN: 9783882439229
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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In the Making - Creative Options in Contemporary Art

In the Making - Creative Options in Contemporary Art...

Author: Linda Weintraub
ISBN: 9781891024597
Format: Paperback
$92.40

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Marc Chagall on Art and Culture

Marc Chagall on Art and Culture

Author: Benjamin Harshav
ISBN: 9780804748315
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art...  Read More >>

Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism

Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism

Author: Mike Kelley ,  John C. Welchman (University of California/San Diego)
ISBN: 9780262611787
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Critical writings and commentary by the Los Angeles based artist Mike Kelley.  Read More >>

Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism

Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism

Author: Mike Kelley ,  John C. Welchman (University of California/San Diego)
ISBN: 9780262112703
Format: Hardback
$165.00

Critical writings and commentary by the Los Angeles-based artist Mike Kelley.  Read More >>

Unpackaging Art of the 1980s

Unpackaging Art of the 1980s

Author: Alison Pearlman
ISBN: 9780226651453
Format: Hardback
$112.95

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