Theory of art books

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An Ontology of Multiple Artworks

An Ontology of Multiple Artworks

Author: David Davies (McGill University)
ISBN: 9780192848864
Format: Hardback
$164.95

David Davies examines the ontology of multiple artworks, such as books and musical performances. He argues against...  Read More >>

Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger: Imaginations and Images

Iris Murdoch and Harry Weinberger: Imaginations and...

Author: Rebecca Moden
ISBN: 9783031179471
Format: Paperback
$343.17

The novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and the painter Harry Weinberger engaged in over twenty years of close...  Read More >>

Globalizing the Avant-garde

Globalizing the Avant-garde

Author: Joana Cunha Leal ,  Margarida Brito Alves
ISBN: 9783111317533
Format: Hardback
$377.49

How has the process of globalization shaped artistic practices on the one hand, and art history and theory on the...  Read More >>

Manifesta, Art, Society and Politics: Creating a New Europe through Contemporary Art

Manifesta, Art, Society and Politics: Creating a New...

Author: Erdem Çolak
ISBN: 9781350375802
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This is the first monograph fully dedicated to critically investigating the political, economic, artistic, urban,...  Read More >>

Jewish American Identity and Erasure in Pop Art

Jewish American Identity and Erasure in Pop Art

Author: Melissa L. Mednicov (Sam Houston State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032317991
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This volume focuses on Jewish American identity within the context of Pop art in New York City during the 1960s...  Read More >>

Art In America

Art In America

Author: Aleister Crowley
ISBN: 9781869928049
Format: Paperback
$7.74

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Nick Mauss - Dispersed Events. Selected Writings

Nick Mauss - Dispersed Events. Selected Writings

Author: Nick Mauss ,  Antonia Carrara
ISBN: 9782492650093
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"Reevaluating experiments in fashion and decorative arts, Mauss shows how art takes shape in open-ended conversation--""between...  Read More >>

Transmodern: An Art History of Contact, 1920–60

Transmodern: An Art History of Contact, 1920–60

Author: Christian Kravagna ,  in2words
ISBN: 9781526176585
Format: Paperback
$68.99

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Inner Visions: Explorations in magical consciousness

Inner Visions: Explorations in magical consciousness...

Author: Nevill Drury
ISBN: 9781032248844
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Art in a Machine Age: A Critique of Contemporary Life through the Medium of Architecture

Art in a Machine Age: A Critique of Contemporary Life...

Author: Maxwell Fry
ISBN: 9781032618937
Format: Hardback
$189.00

First published in 1969 Art in a Machine Age is based on four lectures given by Maxwell Fry at the Royal Academy...  Read More >>

Jung’s Reception of Picasso and Abstract Art

Jung’s Reception of Picasso and Abstract Art

Author: Lucinda Hill
ISBN: 9781032120348
Format: Paperback
$81.99

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The Hieroglyphics Of Capital

The Hieroglyphics Of Capital

Author: John McGreal
ISBN: 9781805143307
Format: Paperback
$25.88

This new artist’s book is the most recent in a series by the author exploring the dialectic of mark, word and image....  Read More >>

A New Antiquity: Art and Humanity as Universal, 1400–1600

A New Antiquity: Art and Humanity as Universal, 1400–1600...

Author: Alessandra Russo (Columbia University)
ISBN: 9780271095691
Format: Hardback
$179.25

Examines how the subtlety, variety, and inventiveness of American, Asian, and African creations and techniques encountered...  Read More >>

Mary Kelly's Concentric Pedagogy: Selected Writings

Mary Kelly's Concentric Pedagogy: Selected Writings...

Author: Juli Carson (Professor of Art, Criticism and Curation, Department of Art, UC Irvine, USA) ,  Mary Kelly (Judge Widney Professor at the USC Roski School of Art and Design of the University of Southern California, USA)
ISBN: 9781350352438
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Selected and introduced by Juli Carson, this book presents a collection of essential essays, interviews, and never-before...  Read More >>

Estelle Hoy - sake blue. Selected Writings

Estelle Hoy - sake blue. Selected Writings

Author: Estelle Hoy
ISBN: 9782492650147
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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The Aestheticization of History and the Butterfly Effect

The Aestheticization of History and the Butterfly Effect...

Author: Nancy Wellington Bookhart
ISBN: 9781648899263
Format: Paperback
$150.48

This book introduces the audience to philosophical concepts that broach the beginning of the history of Western...  Read More >>

Under Construction: Kunst, Männlichkeiten und Queerness seit 1970

Under Construction: Kunst, Männlichkeiten und Queerness...

Author: Änne Söll ,  Maike Wagner
ISBN: 9783110991093
Format: Paperback
$135.00

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Affective Cartographies: Affinities and Affects in Arts, Research, and Pedagogies

Affective Cartographies: Affinities and Affects in Arts,...

Author: Sara Victoria Carrasco Segovia ,  Fernando Hernández Hernández
ISBN: 9783031421624
Format: Hardback
$336.35

This book focuses on cartographies as epistemology and visual strategy, highlighting three major axes: corporeal,...  Read More >>

Hans Haacke und Pierre Huyghe: Non-Human Living Sculptures seit den 1960er-Jahren

Hans Haacke und Pierre Huyghe: Non-Human Living Sculptures...

Author: Ursula Ströbele
ISBN: 9783111027111
Format: Paperback
$186.30

Since the 1960s, artists have questioned the traditional idea of opposition between art and nature. They have incorporated...  Read More >>

Zeitfenster. Stephan Balkenhol trifft Alte Meister

Zeitfenster. Stephan Balkenhol trifft Alte Meister

Author: Peter Forster
ISBN: 9783422802094
Format: Hardback
$81.51

"Internationally renowned as a sculptor, here Stephan Balkenhol opens a unique window in time for us. Some of the...  Read More >>

The Minjian Avant-Garde: Art of the Crowd in Contemporary China

The Minjian Avant-Garde: Art of the Crowd in Contemporary...

Author: Chang Tan
ISBN: 9781501773181
Format: Hardback
$123.95

"""This book studies how Chinese artists appropriated from and interacted with the broad public in the post-Mao...  Read More >>

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