The Arts: General & Reference books

Taking place in the skies over London, the plazas of Rotterdam, and the hallways of museums worldwide, a new kind...  Read More >>

This book analyses art which directly engages with mainstream cinema.  Read More >>

A philosophy or art in contradistinction to aesthetics. A genuine philosophical engagement with the detail of works...  Read More >>

An intimate glimpse into one of the world’s most renowned contemporary art collections and the collector whose vision...  Read More >>

Die Auseinandersetzung mit Positionen des Skeptizismus wurde in der Kunstgeschichte bisher geführt, indem man Thesen...  Read More >>

This volume surveys the major German reform initiatives in the field of design in the 20th century. Their central...  Read More >>

""How Glenn Ligon's prolific body of work mines the history of African American history and literature to prompt...  Read More >>

A major retrospective offers a new perspective on the work of Noguchi, whose remarkable design and artistic legacy...  Read More >>

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Warpaint: Male Make-Up and Identity Through Time uncovers the overlooked history of male self-adornment—rituals...  Read More >>

The commercial art world is powered by a convenient fiction: that artists' careers proceed along an established...  Read More >>

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The first collection of critical writings on the work of the influential contemporary French artist Pierre Huyghe....  Read More >>

In Close Writing, Alice Butler reflects on the works, letters, and lives of the experimental writers Kathy Acker...  Read More >>

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The first publication of Casa Kahlo, Frida Kahlo's private Mexico City family home and personal sanctuary, and its...  Read More >>

This open access book explores the representation and reception of female subjectivity in contemporary Chinese reality...  Read More >>

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An immersive workbook for artists ready to unlock their unique creative voice and tap into their ultimate superpower—authenticity...  Read More >>

This book offers a critical lens on understanding jatra as a historical-cultural performance and reveals its impact...  Read More >>

Adapting The Tempest: Explorations in Ecophenomenology examines five female-authored novelizations of The Tempest,...  Read More >>

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