Theory of art books

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Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations

Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations
Author: Harold Rosenberg ISBN: 9780226726748 Format: Paperback	$56.95
""As a stylist, in his descriptions of art and movements and books, Rosenberg has no equal. . . . One is grateful... Read More >>

The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art

The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy...
Author: Arthur C. Danto ISBN: 9780674903463 Format: Paperback	$57.95
Danto argues that recent developments in art—in particular the production of works that cannot be told from ordinary... Read More >>

Symmetry

Symmetry
Author: Hermann Weyl ISBN: 9780691023748 Format: Paperback	$52.67
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A Theory of Art: Inexhaustibility by Contrast

A Theory of Art: Inexhaustibility by Contrast
Author: Stephen David Ross ISBN: 9780873955553 Format: Paperback	$92.27
The richness of art is manifested in contrast: contrast with other works of art, other features of human experience,... Read More >>

Defense of Art

Defense of Art
Author: Christine Herter ISBN: 9780393300369 Format: Paperback	$32.95
Discusses how the theories of art critics, such as Herbert Read, Roger Fry, a Sheldon Cheney, have distorted the... Read More >>

Thinking Photography

Thinking Photography
Author: Victor Burgin , Victor Burgin ISBN: 9780333271957 Format: Paperback	$84.99
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Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts

Learning to Look: A Handbook for the Visual Arts
Author: Joshua C. Taylor ISBN: 9780226791548 Format: Paperback	$27.95
Sometimes seeing is more difficult for the student of art than believing. Taylor, in a book that has sold more than... Read More >>

300 Lessons in Art

300 Lessons in Art
Author: Robert Henkes ISBN: 9780825100000 Format: Paperback	$52.80
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The Language of Images

The Language of Images
Author: W. J. T. Mitchell ISBN: 9780226532158 Format: Paperback	$34.95
""A remarkably rich and provocative set of essays on the virtually infinite kinds of meanings generated by images... Read More >>

Light:Its Interaction with Art and Antiquities

Light:Its Interaction with Art and Antiquities
Author: Thomas B. Brill ISBN: 9780306404160 Format: Hardback	$525.36
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Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic

Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic
Author: Nicholas Wolterstorff ISBN: 9780802818164 Format: Paperback	$66.00
A snowman helps out his town on Christmas Eve. Read More >>

Romanticism

Romanticism
Author: Hugh Honour ISBN: 9780064300896 Format: Paperback	$122.00
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The Voices of Silence: Man and his Art. (Abridged from The Psychology of Art)

The Voices of Silence: Man and his Art. (Abridged from...
Author: Andre Malraux , Stuart Gilbert ISBN: 9780691018218 Format: Paperback	$131.87
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Language of Sculpture

Language of Sculpture
Author: William Tucker ISBN: 9780500271049 Format: Paperback	$52.67
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Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols

Languages of Art: An Approach to a Theory of Symbols...
Author: Nelson Goodman ISBN: 9780915144341 Format: Paperback	$44.75
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Cornhusk Bags of the Plateau Indians

Cornhusk Bags of the Plateau Indians
Author: Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum ISBN: 9780226689876 Format: Paperback	$155.76
""Cornhusk bag"" is the popular name for a distinctive type of handwoven bag made by the Indian women of the Columbia... Read More >>

Art as Pre-text: The Spiritual-Material Experience in Art

Art as Pre-text: The Spiritual-Material Experience in...
Author: Sahlan Momo , Giulio Carlo Argan ISBN: 9788877781741 Format: Paperback	$100.89
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The Use and Abuse of Art

The Use and Abuse of Art
Author: Jacques Barzun ISBN: 9780691018041 Format: Paperback	$44.99
Traces the historical development of attitudes toward the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that the present... Read More >>

Paul Klee on Modern Art: Introduction by Herbert Read

Paul Klee on Modern Art: Introduction by Herbert Read...
Author: Paul Klee , Paul Findlay ISBN: 9780571066827 Format: Paperback	$29.99
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A Primer of Visual Literacy

A Primer of Visual Literacy
Author: Donis A Dondis ISBN: 9780262540292 Format: Paperback	$85.00
This primer is designed to teach students the interconnected arts of visual communication. The subject is presented,... Read More >>

The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color

The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective...
Author: Johannes Itten , Ernst Van Hagen ISBN: 9780471289289 Format: Hardback	$330.00
In this book, the world's foremost color theorist examines two different approaches to understanding the art of... Read More >>

Art, Perception, and Reality

Art, Perception, and Reality
Author: E. H. Gombrich , Julian Hochberg ISBN: 9780801815522 Format: Paperback	$66.99
""Three informed opinions on the classical question of representation...Provocative.""--'Art Journal.' 'Softshell... Read More >>

Psychology of the Arts

Psychology of the Arts
Author: Hans Kreitler , Shulamith Kreitler ISBN: 9780822304371 Format: Paperback	$73.79
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Psychology of the Arts

Psychology of the Arts
Author: Hans Kreitler , Shulamith Kreitler ISBN: 9780822302698 Format: Hardback	$105.47
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The Hidden Order of Art

The Hidden Order of Art
Author: Anton Ehrenzweig ISBN: 9780520038455 Format: Paperback	$55.00
Features an argument that ranges from highly theoretical speculations to highly topical problems of modern art and... Read More >>

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