The Arts: General & Reference books

Asks what performance can do to expand representations of becoming a mother. Using mimesis, liveness, and digital...  Read More >>

Treasure makes respectable people do dishonourable things…  Read More >>

Art Heist is a gallery of the most famous stolen artworks that have never been recovered and an examination of the...  Read More >>

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What are the conceptual correspondences and gaps between theories of nature, ecology, environment, and aesthetics?...  Read More >>

Draw fun faces and figures with over 100 easy art prompts explore character design, improve drawing skills, and...  Read More >>

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Illustrated with incredible detail by British artist Kev Gahan, this book is an interactive homage to one of cinema's...  Read More >>

In The Autobiography of Jane Brakhage, Jane Wodening-writer, naturalist, and longtime collaborator of legendary...  Read More >>

This book explores the remarkable life of Begum Samru (c. 17501836), a North Indian ruler who rose from courtesan...  Read More >>

The first in-depth story of the indomitable collaborator, muse, and wife of Andrew Wyeth, and of her lasting creative...  Read More >>

An immersive experience guided by the powerful presence of bronze sculptures by the South African artist Dylan Lewis,...  Read More >>

In The Autobiography of Jane Brakhage, Jane Wodening-writer, naturalist, and longtime collaborator of legendary...  Read More >>

Als 'Stille Größe' bezeichnete Winckelmann die Fähigkeit antiker Bildwerke tiefe Leidenschaften zu verkörpern und...  Read More >>

Volume 7.1 of Michael Müller’s catalogue raisonné is the first volume highlighting the artist’s activity as a curator....  Read More >>

Which criteria are we sorting ourselves and each other by? Connecting Human Differentiation with Systems Theory,...  Read More >>

Legacies of expressionism, revolution and paradigm shifts across three centuries of work by three Spanish painters...  Read More >>

A catalog of new and selected works by Chicago-based artist Alice Tippit. Alice Tippit: Rose Obsolete is the first...  Read More >>

A groundbreaking study of one of the most important and influential artists of the postwar period Joseph Beuys...  Read More >>

Explores the critical innovations and contributions of Black artists to the history of abstraction.  Read More >>

An accessible guide to the central concepts and issues that inform Comics Studies. It summarizes, explains, contextualizes,...  Read More >>

A transdisciplinary collection raising awareness of the limiting effects of the dominance of English language and...  Read More >>

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An accessible, invaluable, expert-in-your-pocket field guide to outdoor photography from renowned photographer Chris...  Read More >>

An exploration of the history, role and theory of space in art from the point of view of a practicing artist.  Read More >>