The Arts: General & Reference books

For nearly two decades, Basel's pioneering exhibition platform Unlimited has invited more than 70 artists to contribute...  Read More >>

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A richly illustrated account by the late French poet of Rome at one of its greatest moments: the baroque high point...  Read More >>

This is the first study to explore the connections between late-19th-century university/college composite class...  Read More >>

There is no soundtrack amplifies new and radical audio-visual relationships in experimental media art. It addresses...  Read More >>

An essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art. Read...  Read More >>

Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound...  Read More >>

Explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the...  Read More >>

Art Wolfe's immersive photos capture the wonder humans have felt about trees for millennia. From the ancient...  Read More >>

Aesthetic practices shape and are shaped by spatial formations. The essays of this volume survey configurations...  Read More >>

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China has been one of the first countries to develop its own aesthetic for dynamic images and to create animation...  Read More >>

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A singularly authoritative--yet also anti-authoritative--gathering of a life's work in art, education and activism....  Read More >>

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This book is the first time the art school has been studied this way in the nascent field of art geography, lending...  Read More >>

The Happenings that burst on to the late 1950s cultural scene were rapidly declared passe and even 'dead', but this...  Read More >>

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Georg Simmel is one of the most original German thinkers of the twentieth century and is considered a founding architect...  Read More >>

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Far from an elite practice reserved for the highly educated, criticism is all around us. We turn to the Yelp reviewers...  Read More >>