Theory of Art

Few living artists can claim to have had the influence of Michael Craig- Martin. Celebrated around the world for his distinctive work, and with maj...

Trees are in nature but also in our minds. Their shape have influenced how we communicate via diagrams, link ideas together and illustrate deeper h...

Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas remain un...

The Cute tracks the astonishing impact of a single aesthetic category on post-war and contemporary art, and on the vast range of cultural practices...

After the Crisis offers a platform for discussions between some of today''s leading artists, writers, theorists, curators, and historians aimed at ...

Leo Tolstoy is one of the most celebrated novelists of all time. As well as writing literary classics such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace he wa...

The socio-cultural impact of Andy Warhol - painter, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, publisher, TV personality, socialite, graphic artist, collecto...

This vibrant reference guide profiles 50 major artists alongside their representative works. The entries are presented in an eye-catching format th...

Dominic McIver Lopes articulates and defends a 'buck passing theory of art', namely that a work of art is nothing but a work in one of the arts. Ha...