Philosophies of Arts
Peter Kivy traces the history of the definition of fine arts by their common features. His change...
EAN: 9780521598293
Subjects of Art History
The Subjects of Art History provides an introduction to the historiography and theory of the...
EAN: 9780521455725
Practice of Theory
Many art historians regard poststructuralist theory with suspicion; some even see its focus on...
EAN: 9780801481536
Definitions of Art
In the last thirty years, work in analytic philosophy of art has flourished, and it has given...
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Working Space
Here is a rare opportunity to view painting through the discerning eyes of one of the world’s...
EAN: 9780674959613
Inside the White Cube
Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and...
EAN: 9780520220409
Art and Visual Perception, Second Edition
EAN: 9780520243835
Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life
Focuses on the author's sustained inquiry into the paradoxical relationship of art to life and...
EAN: 9780520240797
Transhistorical Image
Why are visual artworks experienced as having intrinsic significance or normative depth? Why are...
EAN: 9781107410459
Voices of Silence
Iconoclastic study of the meanings of art in which the author designs a new set of categories for...
EAN: 9780691018218
Aspects of Symmetry
For almost twenty years Sidney Coleman has been giving review lectures on frontier topics in...
EAN: 9780521318273
Art Spirit
Embodying the entire system of Robert Henri's teaching, The Art Spirit contains much valuable...
EAN: 9780465002634
Psychology of Contemporary Art
Gregory Minissale demonstrates how using robust methods for mapping conceptual processes, taken...
EAN: 9781107019324
Towards a Philosophy of Photography
Shows how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into...
EAN: 9781861890764
Art Theory
Explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, bringing together philosophy, art...
EAN: 9780192804631
Jewish Texts on the Visual Arts
Jewish Texts on the Visual Arts includes fifty-one translated texts dating from the biblical...
EAN: 9780521652179
Field of Cultural Production
The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieua s most important writings on art,...
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After Criticism
"Though it seems contradictory to write words of praise for a book that deeply interrogates the...
EAN: 9780631232841
Looking Back to the Future
A selection of essays by Griselda Pollock, engaging areas of contemporary theory, especially...
EAN: 9789057011320
Privatising Culture
Corporate sponsorship and involvement in the visual arts has become increasingly common. Wu's...
EAN: 9781859844724
Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?
With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to...
EAN: 9780415919425
Theory of Colours
By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so...
EAN: 9780262570213
Portraiture
Presents a comprehensive introduction to the major issues in the history of portraiture. The...
EAN: 9780719046148
