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Theory of art

Paperback. Body art or eyesore, tattoos provide fertile ground for philosophical discussion Whether seen as a celebration of individuality or as a conversation piece, tattoos raise intriguing philosophical questions, from aesthetics to feminism, from semiotics to the philosophy of the person. Editor(s): Arp, Robert. Series: Philosophy for Everyone. Num Pages: 294 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672068
ISBN
9780470672068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AVGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9782906571761
ISBN
9782906571761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.00

Hardback. This book advances the argument that the arts, from film and literature to painting and comics, offer qualitatively different readings of terror and trauma that endeavor to resist the exploitation and perpetuation of violence. Editor(s): Hyvarinen, Matti; Muszynski, Lisa. Num Pages: 265 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230606715
ISBN
9780230606715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.38

Hardback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403969408
ISBN
9781403969408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Paperback. The eleven interconnected essays of this book penetrate the dense historical knots binding terror, power, and the aesthetic sublime from World War II to September 11th and beyond. Ray argues that globalization cannot be separated from the collective tasks of working through historical tragedies. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110489
ISBN
9780230110489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

Paperback. The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts were begun in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art in order to bring the best in contemporary scholarship to the public. This illustrated documentary volume tells the story of the genesis of the lectureship, featuring essays by a variety of scholars. Editor(s): Cropper, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 255 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099614
ISBN
9780300099614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. An intriguing insight into the working practice of this Krzysztof Wodiczko and the political and social concepts infused throughout his work. With an extended essay by Wodiczko as the starting point for discussions on war and war-related history and memory, the book is further supported by texts from theorists and critics in the field. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 colour and b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344. 144 pages, 80 colour and b/w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; JP. Dimension: 208 x 148 x 13. Weight: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907317668
ISBN
9781907317668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.13

Paperback. Virilio discusses the relationship of war trauma and art and the failure of visual art to reinvent itself when confronted with technology. Translator(s): Taormina, Mike. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
First US edition.
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350200
ISBN
9781584350200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.72

Hardback. This text offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 577.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728423
ISBN
9780804728423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.46

Paperback. This book offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728430
ISBN
9780804728430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801439704
ISBN
9780801439704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.28

Paperback. In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745699875
ISBN
9780745699875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.29

Hardcover. In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745699868
ISBN
9780745699868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 68ill. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645398
ISBN
9780816645398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Hardback. Suggests that the true sense of fine arts, enchantment, needs to be revived. This book states that in the conceptualised, commercialised, artificial approach to fine arts, we forgot its authentic experiential sense, and that it lies at the imaginative heart of all arts, there to be retrieved by the creative recipient as the very 'truth of it all'. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792361831
ISBN
9780792361831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.22

Paperback. Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art. Moving between ancient and modern traditions, it contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that are of concern for contemporary aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092584
ISBN
9780691092584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.48
€ 45.34

Such diverse perspectives can only stimulate debate in the academy and beyond about the history of the Gesamtkunstwerk and open up paths that may be followed in its future. Editor(s): Finger, Anke K.; Follett, Danielle; Finger, Anke K. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 480 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895821
ISBN
9780801895821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.94

Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140973
ISBN
9780231140973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACQ; AGB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486795256
ISBN
9780486795256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.52

Paperback. New edition of this key guide to art history, which takes a critical reading of the field's most innovative and influential texts over the past two centuries, including the most important new writing on the most recent work in a variety of new media. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 600 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1398.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
601
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199229840
ISBN
9780199229840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.99

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