Art, Theory, and Culture in Sixteenth-Century Italy
This 1998 book offers a critical overview of the literature on the visual arts produced during...
EAN: 9780521495998
Explanation and Value in the Arts
Penetrating studies by a group of art historians, literary theorists, and philosophers consider...
EAN: 9780521419260
Treatise on Painting
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) accomplished many astounding works of art such as "Mona Lisa" and...
EAN: 9781573929509
Master Pieces
A stunning visual game that helps readers enjoy, appreciate, and identify great works of art.
EAN: 9780393328387
Anthropology of Art
Robert Layton provides an authoritative introduction to the richness and diversity of art forms...
EAN: 9780521368940
Outlooks
A comprehensive exploration of what constitutes a lesbian and gay artist and what differentiates...
EAN: 9780415124683
Genesis of Artistic Creativity
This book is a revealing exploration of the lives of 21 famous writers, philosophers, musicians...
EAN: 9781843103349
Marx's Lost Aesthetic
An original and challenging study of Marxist aesthetic theory from an art-historical perspective.
EAN: 9780521369794
Art in Theory 1900 - 2000
* New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth-century art-theoretical texts. * Now...
EAN: 9780631227083
But Is It Art?
Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together...
EAN: 9780192853677
Islamic Aesthetics
The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither...
EAN: 9780748617357
Homo Aestheticus
“Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic...
EAN: 9780295974798
Absolute Artist
Analyzing the myth of the artist in western culture, this work considers the social construction...
EAN: 9780816628971
Concept of Style
A ground-breaking attempt at a prolegomenon to the study of style, this collection brings...
EAN: 9780801494390
Landscape and Power
This work, originally published in 1994, reshapes the direction of landscape studies by...
EAN: 9780226532059
Exploring Visual Culture
An introduction to the study of visual culture, this book offers a view of ‘visual culture’ that...
EAN: 9780748618453
Art And Psychoanalysis
A pioneering overview of art and psychoanalysis that shows how each field can enrich and enlarge...
EAN: 9780064302067
Performing Live
Current philosophies of art remain sadly dominated by visions of its end and lamentations of...
EAN: 9780801486500
Gothic
Presents an overview of significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. This book explains the...
EAN: 9780631220633
