Theory of Art

Since the last century, the relationship between vanguard and self-taught artists has been defined by contradiction. The established art world has ...

What is the relationship between the Holy Trinity and social media? How do hashtags influence us? Why are we so inclined to use filters? Why do we ...

Having been mistakenly perceived as a follower of Salvador Dalí, Catalan surrealist painter and writer Àngel Planells (19011989) has passed through...

The first book in English on Maruja Mallo, this volume is an insightful examination of the life and work of this seminal artist of the Spanish avan...

Jill Carrick's Nouveau Réalisme, 1960s France, and the Neo-avant-garde provides the first in-depth historical analysis of the New Realism movement ...

Since the mid-1970s, the colloquial term zone has often been associated with the troubled post-war housing estates on the outskirts of large French...

The first monograph on a Surrealist cult classic, Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals offers a comprehensive account of Cahun's most important publis...

What role does the Holy Scripture of Islam, the Qurn, play in the history of European thought? How has it been read and understood in Europe since ...

What role does the Holy Scripture of Islam, the Qurn, play in the history of European thought? How has it been read and understood in Europe since ...

Redressing the neglect of World War I memorials in art history scholarship and memory studies, Sculpting Doughboys considers the hundreds of sculpt...

Living through the Covid-19 global pandemic has changed the way that we experience our lives, the way that we relate to one-another, and the way th...

'[Greenlaw] wields her erudition lightly.' Sunday Times'Remarkable, visionary.' CELIA PAUL'Indescribably brilliant.' Daily Telegraph'Kaleidoscopic....

The highly practical lessons in How to Get to Great Ideas are based on neuroscience, psychology and sociology. Written by former advertising creati...

A beautifully illustrated look at the paints and palettes used by many of the worlds greatest artists from the sixteenth century to todayWhat can t...

Das wechselvolle Verhältnis zwischen dem Plakat als künstlerisch-gestalterisches Medium und der Rolle, die Frauen einnehmen, ist das Thema der begl...

Die Bedeutung der kolonialen Vergangenheit für die Gegenwart bewegt derzeit die öffentlichen Debatten wie kaum ein anderes Thema. Dabei geraten zun...

Essays bilingual (English/German) / Catalog raisonné monolingual (German) Friedrich von Amerling (18031887) was one of Viennas most important port...

Essays bilingual (English/German) / Catalog raisonné monolingual (German) Georg Eisler (19281998) showed unwavering commitment to figurative pai...

Art troubles anthropology. Anthropologists have often taken a philistine, sceptical position of distance towards art and aesthetics as a predominan...

The Social Value of Art (1939) is a thorough examination of art activity, using the knowledge of the workings of the mind and of the attractions of...

Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud presents new writing on John Ruskins vision of art and its relationship with modern society and a changing env...

A groundbreaking, award-winning analysis of colour in Western culture, from the ancient Greeks to the late twentieth century by one of the most for...

From a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art   Essential for fans of Marcus and fruitful readin...

In the 1890s, French poet and playwright Alfred Jarry founded pataphysics, the absurdist science of imaginary solutions, a concept that has been no...

Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in which the writing of art history intersects with creative writing. Essays range from the ana...

An upsurge in artworks negotiating the conditions of their own production, distribution, and reception has called attention to the infrastructural ...

Slow Looking can lead to unexpected and huge rewards. In Book One - Learning to Look Robert Cumming shares his own slow discovery of the pleasures ...

THE ART OF COMICS The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Introduction is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philos...

The theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still frequently confused with copying. ...

This innovative new volume offers an in-depth exploration of scale, one of the most crucial elements in the creation and reception of art. Illustr...