Theory of Art

A photograph lives in multiple eras at once: the time of its making, the time of its unveiling, the time of its subsequent rediscovery. Rebecca Ben...

CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE HUMANITIES, NINTH EDITION, takes you on a tour of some of the world's most interesting and significant examples...

Explores and theorises the modern and contemporary art of Iran from the mid-twentieth century to the present Critically rereads the concepts of mo...

This interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses idolatry, a contested issue that has given rise to both religious accusations and heated scho...

Digital artist Zheng Wei Gu (AKA Guweiz) shares his anime-inspired world in this beautifully produced and insightful book, leading you through his ...

Transnational artistic creation has become a matter of course in our globalized world. But what did migrant art production look like in the GDR? Th...

In Performing Endurance, Lara Shalson offers a new way of understanding acts of endurance in art and political contexts. Examining a range of perfo...

Bauhaus artist Friedl Dicker-Brandeis The work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (18981944) occupies a key position in the broader history of the Austrian...

The Pleasure of Research delves into issues such as knowledge production, artistic thinking, medium-specificity, and context-responsiveness. How do...

Art is necessary in order that man should be able to recognize and change the world. But art is also necessary by virtue of the magic inherent in i...