Theory of art books

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A Natural Theology of the Arts: Imprint of the Spirit

A Natural Theology of the Arts: Imprint of the Spirit...

Author: Anthony Monti ,  J. C. Polkinghorne
ISBN: 9780754630739
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This work contends that the arts are theological by nature and not simply when they are explicitly religious - thereby...  Read More >>

White - Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art

White - Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art

Author: Maurice Berger
ISBN: 9781890761066
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism

Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western...

Author: David Summers
ISBN: 9780714842448
Format: Hardback
$198.00

A fresh theoretical approach to thinking about art and its history.  Read More >>

Humanities through the Arts

Humanities through the Arts

Author: F. David Martin ,  Lee A. Jacobus
ISBN: 9780072407099
Format: Paperback
$331.32

Intended for introductory-level, interdisciplinary courses offered across the curriculum in the Humanities, Philosophy,...  Read More >>

Archaeologies of Vision: Foucault and Nietzsche on Seeing and Saying

Archaeologies of Vision: Foucault and Nietzsche on Seeing...

Author: Gary Shapiro
ISBN: 9780226750460
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Shapiro explores the whole range of Foucault's writing on visual art, including the theory of visual resistance....  Read More >>

The Art Historian: National Traditions and Institutional Practices

The Art Historian: National Traditions and Institutional...

Author: Michael F. Zimmermann
ISBN: 9780300097917
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Despite its origins in European models, the practice of art history in the USA has evolved into institutional protocols...  Read More >>

Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition

Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition

Author: Robert S. Nelson ,  Richard Shiff
ISBN: 9780226571683
Format: Paperback
$62.95

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The Watson Drawing Book

The Watson Drawing Book

Author: Ernest W. Watson ,  Aldren W. Watson
ISBN: 9780486426068
Format: Book
$34.19

This authoritative, stimulating book brims with information on techniques, media, and artistic examples. Comprehensive...  Read More >>

Looking into Pictures: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Pictorial Space

Looking into Pictures: An Interdisciplinary Approach...

Author: Heiko Hecht (Univ.-Prof., Johannes Gutenberg-University) ,  Robert Schwartz (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
ISBN: 9780262083102
Format: Hardback
$153.12

Interdisciplinary explorations of the implications of recent developments in vision theory for our understanding...  Read More >>

Imago Noctis: Die Nacht in Der Kunst Des Abendlandes

Imago Noctis: Die Nacht in Der Kunst Des Abendlandes...

Author: Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer
ISBN: 9783205770527
Format: Hardback
$364.32

Unsere halbe Zeit verbringen wir nachts. Das Buch versucht einen Uberblick der mit der Nacht verbundenen Phanomene...  Read More >>

The Invention of Art: A Cultural History

The Invention of Art: A Cultural History

Author: Larry Shiner
ISBN: 9780226753430
Format: Paperback
$54.95

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Archaeologies of Vision: Foucault and Nietzsche on Seeing and Saying

Archaeologies of Vision: Foucault and Nietzsche on Seeing...

Author: Gary Shapiro
ISBN: 9780226750477
Format: Paperback
$72.95

Shapiro explores the whole range of Foucault's writing on visual art, including the theory of visual resistance....  Read More >>

Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Visual Art

Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Visual Art

Author: Karen Stone
ISBN: 9780232524871
Format: Paperback
$35.95

This title provides a theological and aesthetic background for a view of art as a visible Word. Geared to the non-specialist,...  Read More >>

Art and Aesthetics at Work

Art and Aesthetics at Work

Author: A. Carr ,  P. Hancock
ISBN: 9780333968635
Format: Hardback
$290.37

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Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology, and Consciousness

Telematic Embrace: Visionary Theories of Art, Technology,...

Author: Roy Ascott ,  Edward A. Shanken
ISBN: 9780520218031
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Long before e-mail and the Internet permeated society, Roy Ascott, a British artist and theorist, coined the term...  Read More >>

Deleuze on Music, Painting, and the Arts

Deleuze on Music, Painting, and the Arts

Author: Ronald Bogue
ISBN: 9780415966078
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Deleuze on Music, Painting, and the Arts

Deleuze on Music, Painting, and the Arts

Author: Ronald Bogue
ISBN: 9780415966085
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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Critical Terms for Art History

Critical Terms for Art History

Author: Robert S. Nelson ,  Richard Shiff
ISBN: 9780226571669
Format: Hardback
$231.00

In addition to the 22 original essays, this edition includes 9 new ones as well as new introductory material. All...  Read More >>

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