Theory of art books

The majority of the art forms that we see in museums and art books that have come from Native America or Africa...  Read More >>

In this look at the creators of artistic fakes and copies, Sandor Radnoti explores the role of the faker in the...  Read More >>

Abbeville Kids expands its award-winning series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about...  Read More >>

This text directs attention toward historicity, the inherent historied nature of thinking, and the artifactual,...  Read More >>

Politics has taken a cultural turn in America, and the arts are at the center of today's culture wars. In this book,...  Read More >>

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This book focuses attention on the theme of the artist and especially the changing status of the artist in the early...  Read More >>

Jonathan Petropoulos explores the cultural aspirations of the Nazi political elite by examining both the formulation...  Read More >>

Through their craft, eight visual artists address the debate over the nature of Nature and the uses of the land....  Read More >>

A discussion of madness and the process of cinema is followed by the historical development of representation of...  Read More >>

In this attempt to make sense of the way surrealism sees, conceals, poses, and stares at its own self and the selves...  Read More >>

There is often a great deal of discussion these days about multi-disciplinary research and the value of exchanging...  Read More >>

Examining the underlying colour schemes of Europe, this text seeks to apply those characteristic colour combinations...  Read More >>

With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the...  Read More >>

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This study claims that scholars need to examine all twenty-seven English illustrated editions of Wilde's and Beardsley's...  Read More >>

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This text presents an exhibition held at the the University of Chicago. The exhibition challenges the decontextualized...  Read More >>

Discusses what represents design today and what will represent it in the future.  Read More >>

Brings together essays on literature, the plastic arts, theater, and music, which stand with the best of modern...  Read More >>

Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found...  Read More >>

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This book is for the reader who believes that thinking about and making art is intelligent behavior and that art...  Read More >>

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