Theory of art
Results 457 - 480 of 676
Theory of art
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
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002654
- ISBN
- 9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947112
- ISBN
- 9781933947112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.39
€ 103.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 163 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 213 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216844
- ISBN
- 9780300216844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.59
€ 36.99
€ 26.59
paperback. How do we appreciate a work of art? Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to explore connections between art, mind, and brain, Arthur Shimamura takes findings from psychological and brain sciences to address ways of understanding our aesthetic responses. Num Pages: 304 pages, With illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190239077
- ISBN
- 9780190239077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.64
€ 54.64
Paperback. This volume is a collection of public writings and insights of the German post-structuralist, Friedrich A. Kittler. It merges the discourse of literature, war and technology into a unified theme. His research results in a vision of the future in which the distinction between mediums is erased. Editor(s): Johnston, John. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; HPCF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789057010613
- ISBN
- 9789057010613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.93
€ 50.99
€ 50.93
paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hatje Cantz
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9783775739764
- ISBN
- 9783775739764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 14.93
€ 29.99
€ 14.93
paperback. A comprehensive exploration of what constitutes a lesbian and gay artist and what differentiates them from their audience. Editor(s): Horne, Peter; Lewis, Reina; Norne, Peter (University of East London). Num Pages: 208 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415124683
- ISBN
- 9780415124683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.29
€ 54.29
paperback. Leading philosophers and art theorists engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? Editor(s): Goldie, Peter; Schellekens, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 308 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199568253
- ISBN
- 9780199568253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.99
€ 55.99
Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041902
- ISBN
- 9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
hardcover. A title that explores the liturgy as the manifestation by cultic signs of Christian revelation, the 'setting' of the Liturgy in terms of architectural space, iconography and music, and the poetic response which the revelation the liturgy carries can produce. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409431619
- ISBN
- 9781409431619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.80
€ 180.80
paperback. Editor(s): Scott, Susan C. Series: Papers in Art History. Num Pages: Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780915773084
- ISBN
- 9780915773084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.98
€ 38.99
€ 30.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 118 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 280 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020914
- ISBN
- 9780271020914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.20€ 49.56
€ 58.20
€ 49.56
Paperback. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 144 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315490
- ISBN
- 9780822315490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.96
€ 29.99
€ 26.96
paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816644353
- ISBN
- 9780816644353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.55
€ 21.99
€ 21.55
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; ABA; ACV; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271018270
- ISBN
- 9780271018270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.04€ 43.02
€ 50.04
€ 43.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Garrard, Mary. Num Pages: 528 pages, 290 photos, index. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780064302074
- ISBN
- 9780064302074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.86
€ 79.86
Hardcover. Falling in love (and out of love) with statues, the author reveals has helped us since antiquity to understand, improve, and empower ourselves. He narrates a powerful history of artificial life at a moment when - with the development of robot soldiers, genetic engineering, and an expanding digital universe - it seems more real than ever. Num Pages: 208 pages, 98 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; AFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327792
- ISBN
- 9780226327792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.43€ 44.97
€ 52.43
€ 44.97
Paperback. Mieke Bal is a leading scholar in art history and visual studies, with an international reputation in the English-speaking world. About Mieke Bal provides the first sustained scholarly assessment of Bal's writings in art history, visual studies, and critical theory. Editor(s): Cherry, Deborah. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186568
- ISBN
- 9781405186568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.83
€ 28.83
Paperback. Series: SAIC - Chicago Social Practice History. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982879887
- ISBN
- 9780982879887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.95
€ 19.99
€ 16.95
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816647491
- ISBN
- 9780816647491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
hardcover. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748940
- ISBN
- 9780804748940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.73
€ 156.73
Paperback. A stunning visual game that helps readers enjoy, appreciate, and identify great works of art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 250 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ABA; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 191 x 14. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393328387
- ISBN
- 9780393328387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.12
€ 20.99
€ 19.12
Paperback. In the Guangdong province in southeastern China lies Dafen, a village that houses thousands of workers who paint Van Goghs, Da Vincis, and Warhols. The author shows how Dafen's workers force us to reexamine our expectations about the cultural function of creativity and imitation, and the role of Chinese workers in redefining global art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 colour plates, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024899
- ISBN
- 9780226024899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.83
€ 43.99
€ 33.83