Art category: 43213 books
The Art of Confession
The Performance of Self from Robert Lowell to Reality TV
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The story of a new style of art—and a new way of life—in postwar America: confessionalism.
What do midcentury “confessional” poets have in common with today’s reality TV stars? They share an inexplicable urge to make their lives an open book, and also a sense that this book can never...
by Alexandra Grashkina-Hristov
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK This book includes a collection of essays and one short story ("The Simplest Thing in the World"). The first edition of the book was published by The World Publishing Company in 1969, The revised edition in 1975 added the essay "Art and Cognition. This was the first book Rand...
by Richard Eldridge
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art is a clear and compact survey of philosophical theories of the nature and value of art, including in its scope literature, painting, sculpture, music, dance, architecture, movies, conceptual art and performance art. This second edition incorporates significant...
Visualizing Feeling
Affect and the Feminine Avant-garde
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2011
Is late modern art 'anti-aesthetic'? What does it mean to label a piece of art 'affectless'? These traditional characterisations of 1960s and 1970s art are radically challenged in this subversive art history. By introducing feeling to the analysis of this period, Susan Best acknowledges the radical...
Anywhere or Not at All
Philosophy of Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Contemporary art is the object of inflated and widely divergent claims. But what kind of discourse can open it up effectively to critical analysis? Anywhere or Not at All is a major philosophical intervention in art theory that challenges the terms of established positions through a new approach at...
Art
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Art has existed for as long as humankind, but defining it is notoriously difficult. In this whirlwind tour spanning from prehistory up to the present day and beyond, Laurie Schneider Adams explores how art and our views on it have evolved. Delving into fascinating issues such as why some artworks...
by Katja Kwastek
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
An art-historical perspective on interactive media art that provides theoretical and methodological tools for understanding and analyzing digital art.
Since the 1960s, artworks that involve the participation of the spectator have received extensive scholarly attention. Yet interactive artworks...
by Julian Stallabrass
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2006
Contemporary art has never been so popular - but what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? What is its role today, and who is controlling its future? Bloody toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and embroidered tents. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where artists shock, break...
by Iain Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2008
By the time you read this book, the art world may have witnessed the sale of its first $500 million painting. Whilst for some people money is anathema to art this is clearly a wealthy international industry, and a market with its own conventions and pressures.
Drawing on the vast experience...
Art Smart
The Intelligent Guide to Investing in the Canadian Art Market
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Art Smart is a comprehensive guide to the Canadian art market for both novice and experienced collectors. It is full of advice that can give anyone the tools to determine the value of a piece of art and to not be intimidated by the often mystifying world of art. This informative and helpful volume...
by Michael Reid
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
The art world can be an intimidating one for the experienced buyer let alone the aspiring collector, but with this handbook to the world of collecting, Michael Reid arms buyers with a no-nonsense, informative map to the issues surrounding the buying and selling of art.
No matter what your budget...
Artful Dodgers
Fraud & Foolishness in the Art Market
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Who really knows how the art market works?
Here, for the first time, art detective, veteran appraiser and international art expert Bernard Ewell opens the door and gives you a tour of the worlds most unregulated market, one unlike any other which does not even follow the rules of modern economics....
The Art of Chalk
Techniques and Inspiration for Creating Art with Chalk
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Chalk, a ubiquitous and versatile implement made from limestone, is much more than a humble tool for jotting impermanent notes. With a wide range of uses in art and design, chalk is quickly becoming a favorite of artists around the world to create impressive works of art. In The Art of Chalk, noted...
Chaos, Territory, Art
Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2008
Instead of treating art as a unique creation that requires reason and refined taste to appreciate, Elizabeth Grosz argues that art-especially architecture, music, and painting-is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. She approaches art as a form of erotic expression connecting sensory...