Theory of Art

In recent years, many prominent and successful artists have claimed that their primary concern is not the artwork they produce but the artistic pro...

On the centenary of the fascist party's ascent to power in Italy, Curating Fascism examines the ways in which exhibitions organized from the fall o...

Exploring the significance of metaphor in modern art Where do the roots of art lie? asked Der Sturm founder Herwarth Walden. In the people? Behind ...

Authorship critically examines emergent themes in contemporary architecture by revisiting the seemingly defunct notion of design authorship. As we ...

Some might say that making art is an impulse all humans have, yet artist-as-occupation is tremendously difficult - only a few are able to find thei...

Some might say that making art is an impulse all humans have, yet artist-as-occupation is tremendously difficult - only a few are able to find thei...

Symmetry is a classic study of symmetry in mathematics, the sciences, nature, and art from one of the twentieth century's greatest mathematicians. ...

The series Notizen zu Uecker publicizes the research of GUI fellowship holders. In Nick Böhnke's study Berührung im Entzug. Struktur, Temporalität ...

In centuries past, sexual body-parts and same-sex desire were un­men­­tionables de­barred from polite conver­sa­tion and printed discourse. Yet one...

In centuries past, sexual body-parts and same-sex desire were un­men­­tionables de­barred from polite conver­sa­tion and printed discourse. Yet one...

It is a frequently told story that Paris was the world center of art at the beginning of the 20th century. This book asks what contribution exhibit...

Ausstellungen zeitgenössischer Kunst haben ihr Publikum seit jeher irritiert. Wenn sie Werke zeigen, die zu Recht Zeitgenossenschaft beanspruchen, ...

In a new era of global virology that requires novel methodologies to improve the comprehension of viruses and viral phenomena, Viral Behaviors expl...

A cultural history of the face in Western art, ranging from portraiture in painting and photography to film, theater, and mass media This fascinat...

The Estrangement Principle argues for a wider range of possible associations with art made by queer people by unraveling the difficulties of the qu...

Can painting transform philosophy? In Inventing Falsehood, Making Truth, Malcolm Bull looks at Neapolitan art around 1700 through the eyes of the p...

What does it mean to say that some of the best Chinese contemporary art is made in America, by Americans? Through words and images, this book chall...

Understand the Complexities of Art Criticism in a Straightforward and Readable Manner An Introduction to Art Criticism offers a thorough overview o...

A book about interacting in its many formsincluding the relationships between artworks and audiences, between creative practitioners from different...

Modernism was the artistic and intellectual revolution of the early twentieth century. Yet despite its now-secure location in history, the radical ...

Visual Cultures is the first study of the place of visuality and literacy in specific nations around the world, and includes authoritative, insight...

Deftly deploying Derridas notion of the unexperienced experience and building on Paul Virilios ideas about the aesthetics of disappearance, Vanishi...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of fictional worlds in a set of fifteen arts, including theatre, opera, figurative ballet...

Context Providers explores the ways in which digital art and culture are challenging and changing the creative process and our ways of constructing...

At a critical point in the development of photography, this book offers an engaging, detailed and far-reaching examination of the key issues that a...

This title offers a Marxist take on a selection of artistic and cultural achievements from the rap music of Tupac Shakur to the painting of Van Gog...

This book introduces a compelling new personality to the modernist canon, Marisa Mori (1900-1985), who became the only female contributor to The Fu...

At a critical point in the development of photography, this book offers an engaging, detailed and far-reaching examination of the key issues that a...

In 12 essays by a distinguished group of art historians, Art and Technology in Early Modern Europe explores the relationship between artistic and t...

Black is Beautiful identifies and explores the most significant philosophical issues that emerge from the aesthetic dimensions of black life, provi...

Essays on the evolving aesthetic sensibilities of a globalized, rapidly changing world.   In this collection of essays, written by K. G. Subramanya...

In this theoretical tour-de-force, renowned scholar Ariella Aïsha Azoulay calls on us to recognize the imperial foundations of knowledge and to ref...

Since the decidedly bleak beginning of the twenty-first century, art practice has become increasingly politicized. Yet few have put forward a sus...

Emphasizing the human body in all of its forms, Beauty Unlimited expands the boundaries of what is meant by beauty both geographically and aestheti...

Things change. Broken and restored, reused and remade, objects transcend their earliest functions, locations, and appearances. While every era witn...