Theory of Art

Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to artistic representation. At its heart is a serious reconsideration of the relationship between m...

What is art? What counts as an aesthetic experience? Does art have to beautiful? Can one reasonably dispute about taste? What is the relation betwe...

Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. A timely collection of texts, interviews and...

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species. Our ancestors have decorated their bodies, tools, and...

The Aesthetic Animal answers the ultimate questions of why we adorn ourselves, embellish our things and surroundings, and produce art, music, song ...

The Philosophical Imagination brings together several of Richard Moran's essays, ranging over a remarkable variety of topics in philosophy of mind ...

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

* AWARDED BEST ANTHOLOGY BY THE ART ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND *How has Asia been imagined, represented and transferred both literall...

Part of the acclaimed ''Documents of Contemporary Art'' series of anthologies . In a world where technology, spectacle and excess seem to eclipse...

Leading art critic explores the connections between art's past and presentContemporary art sometimes pretends to have made a clean break with histo...