Theory of art books

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The Story of Original Loss: Grieving Existential Trauma in the Arts and the Art of Psychoanalysis

The Story of Original Loss: Grieving Existential Trauma...

Author: Malcolm Owen Slavin, PhD
ISBN: 9780367367077
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book explores the universal human existential trauma of ""original loss,"" a trauma the author describes as...  Read More >>

„Sonderfall“ Angewandte: Die Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien im Austrofaschismus, Nationalsozialismus und in der Nachkriegszeit

„Sonderfall“ Angewandte: Die Universität für angewandte...

Author: Bernadette Reinhold ,  Christina Wieder
ISBN: 9783111366326
Format: Paperback
$116.44

Historical reappraisal – history of the University When the Vienna School of Applied Arts was elevated to...  Read More >>

Rainer Wölzl – Konstellationen

Rainer Wölzl – Konstellationen

Author: Jacqueline Rugo ,  Rainer Wölzl
ISBN: 9783689241322
Format: Paperback
$106.09

From shadow to light: A showcase of works The work of the Austrian artist Rainer Wölzl deals with historical...  Read More >>

Postanarchism and Critical Art Practices

Postanarchism and Critical Art Practices

Author: Professor Saul Newman (Goldsmiths, University of London, UK) ,  Tihomir Topuzovski (The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Macedonia)
ISBN: 9781350410343
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Engaging with contemporary debates about the political role of art in an era of total market subsumption, this book...  Read More >>

Lebanon and the Split of Life: Bearing Witness through the Art of Nabil Kanso

Lebanon and the Split of Life: Bearing Witness through...

Author: Meriam Soltan
ISBN: 9781839989636
Format: Paperback
$49.99

This scholarly biography explores the act of bearing witness through the politically charged, mural-scale art of...  Read More >>

Contact: Art and the Pull of Print

Contact: Art and the Pull of Print

Author: Jennifer L. Roberts
ISBN: 9780691255859
Format: Paperback
$69.99

A leading art historian presents a new grammar for understanding the meaning and significance of print. In process...  Read More >>

The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece

The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece...

Author: Andrew James Hamilton
ISBN: 9780691256955
Format: Hardback
$99.99

The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art The most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a...  Read More >>

Artists' Master Series: Perspective & Depth

Artists' Master Series: Perspective & Depth

Author: Mike Hernandez ,  Devin Elle Kurtz
ISBN: 9781912843831
Format: Hardback
$79.99

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The Hydrocene: Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water

The Hydrocene: Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water

Author: Bronwyn Bailey-Charteris
ISBN: 9781032501321
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This book champions the Hydrocene and presents it as disruptive, conceptual epoch and curatorial theory, emphasising...  Read More >>

Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between

Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between...

Author: Gemma Rolls-Bentley ,  Sir Isaac Julien
ISBN: 9780711282674
Format: Hardback
$55.00

An intoxicating and energetic curation of leading LGBTQ+ artworks from the twentieth century to today.  Read More >>

The Story of Art

The Story of Art

Author: EH Gombrich ,  Leonie Gombrich
ISBN: 9781838668242
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Exquisite cloth-bound edition of the classic art-history text – the ideal gift for every art connoisseur and student...  Read More >>

Abstraction & Economy: Myths of Growth

Abstraction & Economy: Myths of Growth

Author: Eva Maria Stadler ,  Jenni Tischer
ISBN: 9783111366340
Format: Paperback
$99.50

Opposing a regime of accumulation and abstraction This anthology explores the tension between abstraction...  Read More >>

A–Z Kunst in NRW 2000–2023: Sammlung Kunsthaus NRW

A–Z Kunst in NRW 2000–2023: Sammlung Kunsthaus NRW

Author: Marcel Schumacher
ISBN: 9783422801233
Format: Hardback
$81.51

Kunsthaus NRW in Aachen-Kornelimünster houses around 5,000 works of art by artists with a link to North Rhine-Westphalia...  Read More >>

Caspar David Friedrich ausstellen: Retrospektiven und Rezeption in den 1970er Jahren

Caspar David Friedrich ausstellen: Retrospektiven und...

Author: Klara von Lindern
ISBN: 9783111273518
Format: Hardback
$209.59

Im Jahr 2024 wird der 250. Geburtstag Caspar David Friedrichs gefeiert. Für seinen internationalen Ruhm waren vor...  Read More >>

What Makes an Artwork Great?

What Makes an Artwork Great?

Author: Michael H. Mitias
ISBN: 9783111374222
Format: Hardback
$311.49

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Konzeptionen zeitgenössischer Kunst: Zum Wandel des Kunstbegriffs seit 1900

Konzeptionen zeitgenössischer Kunst: Zum Wandel des...

Author: Hans Dickel
ISBN: 9783111405551
Format: Hardback
$122.91

Ausstellungen zeitgenössischer Kunst haben ihr Publikum seit jeher irritiert. Wenn sie Werke zeigen, die zu Recht...  Read More >>

Examining the Built World through Architectural Finishes

Examining the Built World through Architectural Finishes...

Author: Mary A. Jablonski ,  Brooke Young Russell
ISBN: 9781916642003
Format: Paperback
$211.20

The papers in this volume were presented at the 7th International Architectural Finishes Research Conference held...  Read More >>

Elements of Art: Ten Ways to Decode the Masterpieces

Elements of Art: Ten Ways to Decode the Masterpieces...

Author: Susie Hodge
ISBN: 9780711286658
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Packed with useful tips for gallery browsing, The Elements of Art takes the worlds greatest artworks and makes them...  Read More >>

Trevor Paglen: Adversarially Evolved Hallucinations

Trevor Paglen: Adversarially Evolved Hallucinations...

Author: Trevor Paglen ,  Anthony Downey
ISBN: 9783956795831
Format: Paperback
$39.99

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Art'S Realism in the Post-Truth Era

Art'S Realism in the Post-Truth Era

Author: Maryse Ouellet ,  Amanda Boetzkes
ISBN: 9781399524117
Format: Hardback
$245.81

An edited collection intervening on comptemporary debates about realism, arguing for the signifcance of art's realism...  Read More >>

En Busca del Mundo Perdido: La búsqueda modernista de la Cosa, la Materia y el Cuerpo

En Busca del Mundo Perdido: La búsqueda modernista de...

Author: Tsaiyi Wu
ISBN: 9781648898051
Format: Paperback
$89.76

El libro discute sobre como el desantropocentrismo no puede predicarse...  Read More >>

Interior Design on Edge: History, Theory, Praxis

Interior Design on Edge: History, Theory, Praxis

Author: Erica Morawski ,  Deborah Schneiderman (Pratt Institute, USA)
ISBN: 9781032601410
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Interior Design on Edge explores ways that interiors both constitute and upset our edges, whether physical, conceptual...  Read More >>

The Art Experience: An Introduction to Philosophy and the Arts

The Art Experience: An Introduction to Philosophy and...

Author: Alex Rajczi
ISBN: 9781032693637
Format: Paperback
$71.99

This book takes readers on a journey that explores a series of fundamental questions about the nature of art and...  Read More >>

Interior Design on Edge: History, Theory, Praxis

Interior Design on Edge: History, Theory, Praxis

Author: Erica Morawski ,  Deborah Schneiderman (Pratt Institute, USA)
ISBN: 9781032601465
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Interior Design on Edge explores ways that interiors both constitute and upset our edges, whether physical, conceptual...  Read More >>

The Art Experience: An Introduction to Philosophy and the Arts

The Art Experience: An Introduction to Philosophy and...

Author: Alex Rajczi
ISBN: 9781032693675
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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