Theory of Art

Constant change and expansion have been the hallmarks of Swedish art history as an academic discipline since the first university chairs were estab...

Join the art critic Ben Eastham on a private tour of an extraordinary museum. Let him walk you through a building constructed from mem...

The advent of photography revolutionized perception, making visible what was once impossible to see with the human eye. In At the Edge of Sight, Sh...

The hype surrounding alternative medicine, the widespread goal of healthy eating and sport, the tendency to flee the city for the countryside, not ...

Im Jahr 2024 wird der 250. Geburtstag Caspar David Friedrichs gefeiert. Für seinen internationalen Ruhm waren vor allem drei große Retrospektiven i...

As the last generation of underground artists in the Soviet Union and the first on the post-Soviet scene, Moscow conceptualists provide a unique po...

This edited volume explores the dialogue between art and music with that of mystical currents at the turn of the twentieth century. The volume draw...

Pursuing a new and timely line of research in world art studies, Humor in Global Contemporary Art is the first edited collection to examine the rol...

Focal Points is a new book series of essays, articles and reviews, by acclaimed curator and critic Robert Storr. Expertly edited by art historian a...

A ground-breaking new anthology in the Art in Theory series, offering an examination of the changing relationships between the West and the wider w...

Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories ...

Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to ...

A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European ...

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

Those who write history determine its narrative, whether through written text or through the visual language of art and public monuments. Power, Im...

This book explores the collaborations, during the mid-20th century, between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Book-of-the-Month Club. Between ...