Theory of art books

A study of the sculptural imagination. Alex Potts explores the special qualities of sculpture as a free-standing,...  Read More >>

The modernist movement has shaped our era as has no other. This collection of essays explores the impact of modernism...  Read More >>

Concentrating on scholarship over the past four decades, this multidisciplinary approach to representation considers...  Read More >>

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Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) was a European artist and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century,...  Read More >>

A series of transdisciplinary essays offering a look at central philosophical debates in cultural theory today....  Read More >>

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A series of transdisciplinary essays offering a look at central philosophical debates in cultural theory today....  Read More >>

Sixteen of the 20th century's leading artistic innovators talk forcefully about their work: Albert Gleizes, Jean...  Read More >>

A nuanced study of the effects of technology on the traditional concerns of artists and other symbol-makers.  Read More >>

The essays collected here question the old orthodoxies of the image as a formal object, take note of the new condition...  Read More >>

This collection of writings on Abstract Expressionism takes account of new critical approaches to post-war American...  Read More >>

An eerie study of what drives (or allows) people to kill in a team setting, even when they had no criminal history...  Read More >>

This revised edition of Pollock and After features ten new articles and is updated to take account of new critical...  Read More >>

An investigation of why and how science has shaped the way we understand ourselves, our behaviour towards others...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on the relationship between time, narrative and the fixed image. As such, it highlights renewed...  Read More >>

The New Art History explores the fundamental changes which have occurred both in the institutions and practice...  Read More >>

This anthology contains significant writings on the theory of the decorative arts from the mid-18th century to the...  Read More >>

Barasch details the radical social changes in the creation, presentation, and reception of art and explores new...  Read More >>

Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of...  Read More >>

This anthology contains significant writings on the theory of the decorative arts from the mid-18th century to the...  Read More >>

Surveys the development of modernism from the early eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, which saw a radical...  Read More >>

Current philosophies of art remain sadly dominated by visions of its end and lamentations of decline. Defining the...  Read More >>

Philosophies of art remain dominated by visions of its end and lamentations of decline. The author challenges these...  Read More >>

A guide to the picturesque in America, presenting the picturesque aesthetic as the common thread that holds together...  Read More >>