Theory of art books

Borrowing concepts from cognitive philosophy and bringing them into a conversation with critical theory, Gareth...  Read More >>

Never before in conjunction with each other, the two movements Surrealism and Symbolism. For the first time in book...  Read More >>

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This interdisciplinary book investigates the various ways in which North American and European modern and contemporary...  Read More >>

From the renowned poet, novelist and memoirist, and ingenious constellation of writings on light, image, seeing...  Read More >>

This deeply researched and carefully conceived volume dismantles the prevailing notion of Dada as a mainly “Western”...  Read More >>

This book provides a thorough analysis focused on the sound expression produced by human-crafted musical instrument...  Read More >>

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What is the future of conceptualism? What expressions can it take in the 21st century? Is there a new role for aesthetic...  Read More >>

Beholding considers the spatially situated encounter between artwork and spectator. It argues that artworks created...  Read More >>

Black Art and Aesthetics comprises essays, poems, interviews, and over 50 images from artists and writers: GerShun...  Read More >>

Conceptual Performance explores how the radical visual art that challenged material aesthetics in the 1960s and...  Read More >>

Conceptual Performance explores how the radical visual art that challenged material aesthetics in the 1960s and...  Read More >>

Choreomata is a book about performance and performativity, but more specifically it is a book about the performance...  Read More >>

Choreomata is a book about performance and performativity, but more specifically it is a book about the performance...  Read More >>

A critical study of the life of art criticism in the 1970s, this volume traces the evolution of art and art criticism...  Read More >>

Der tragische Lebensweg des Landschaftsmalers Carl Blechen, der 1840 mit nur 41 Jahren in geistiger Umnachtung starb,...  Read More >>

Based on an extensive and very meticulous study of different archives and the evaluation of original, previously...  Read More >>

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This book examines these sublime linkages in a comparative and interdisciplinary way. Engaging and intersectional,...  Read More >>

"Citizens of the Cosmos examines the artist Anton Vidokle's films and the Cosmist philosophy underpinning them....  Read More >>

What exactly is contemporary war art in the West today? This book considers the place of contemporary war art in...  Read More >>

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Dialogues with Degas demonstrates the ongoing relevance of Edgar Degas to 20th- and 21st-century ideas and art practices....  Read More >>

What exactly is contemporary war art in the West today? This book considers the place of contemporary war art in...  Read More >>