Theory of Art

As the opposition between illusion and reality dissolves and the boundaries between the world we inhabit and its virtual dimensions blur, Immerse! ...

What do we mean when we claim affinity with an object or picture, or say affinities exist between such things? Affinities is a critical and persona...

Phenomenal Difference grants new attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its critical and social significance through attention to e...

A gorgeous expanded edition of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, a landmark reference book on color and its origins in natureFirst published in 181...

In 1988, Timothy Fay published the very first issue of the Wapsipinicon Almanac at his Route 3 Press in Anamosa, Iowa. Fays goal was to offer a jou...

A clear and comprehensive overview of art criticism as it relates to both the value of art and the aesthetics of art. The author offers a new persp...

In his engaging and penetrating observations of major modern and contemporary visual art, Shiff has written about an impressive range of artists, i...

A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form or date but by colourThe V&A Book of Colour...

Part manifesto, part artistic joke, Fillippo Marinetti's Futurist Cookbook is a provocative work about art disguised as an easy-to-read cookbook. H...

Art, Truth, and Time is a book which endeavours to show that artistic creation depends as much upon the body, as it does the soul, and the souls in...

Jorinde Voigts new body of work On Reality, created in 2021 and 2022, continues the artists investigation of using sculptural elements to expand on...

The incessant trend to throw away rather than to repair, demolish rather than refurbish has been a topic of discussion and criticism for yearsat th...