Theory of art
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Theory of art
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199568253
- ISBN
- 9780199568253
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€ 55.99
€ 55.99
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415124683
- ISBN
- 9780415124683
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Condition: New
€ 54.29
€ 54.29
paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hatje Cantz
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9783775739764
- ISBN
- 9783775739764
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€ 29.99€ 14.93
€ 29.99
€ 14.93
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789057010613
- ISBN
- 9789057010613
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€ 50.99€ 50.93
€ 50.99
€ 50.93
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190239077
- ISBN
- 9780190239077
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€ 54.64
€ 54.64
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300216844
- ISBN
- 9780300216844
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€ 35.99€ 26.35
€ 35.99
€ 26.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947112
- ISBN
- 9781933947112
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Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002654
- ISBN
- 9780230002654
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Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110489
- ISBN
- 9780230110489
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Condition: New
€ 63.36
€ 63.36
Hardcover. Using an approach deeply informed by philosophy of art, art history and perceptual psychology, this book places seeing at the centre of an original theory of pictorial representation and explores the ramifications such a theory has for the visual arts. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276550
- ISBN
- 9780230276550
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€ 111.90
€ 111.90
Hardcover. Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo, this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278097
- ISBN
- 9780230278097
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Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardcover. This book examines feminist art of the 1970s through contemporary art made by women. In a series of readings of artworks by, amongst others, Tracey Emin, Vanessa Beecroft, Hannah Wilke and Carolee Schneemann the reader is taken on a journey through maternal desire, fantasies of escape and failed femininity. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: ABA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298484
- ISBN
- 9780230298484
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€ 111.58
€ 111.58
Hardcover. Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551169
- ISBN
- 9780230551169
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€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Examining multiple modes of spatio-temporal and geometric figurations of life, the author explores how relationships between space, geometry and aesthetics generate productive expressions of subjectivity, developed through Kant's 'reflective subject' and 'geometric' texts by Plato and others towards Deleuze's philosophy of sense. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCD; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230552913
- ISBN
- 9780230552913
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Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Paperback. Develops a materialist and immanent approach to modern and contemporary art. This book presents an argument which is made for a return to aesthetics - an aesthetics of affect - and for the theorization of art. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573734
- ISBN
- 9780230573734
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Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
Paperback. One of our best-known cultural critics examines the concept of representation and its many and varied forms in literature and art. Num Pages: 123 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 123
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120913
- ISBN
- 9780231120913
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Condition: New
€ 35.32
€ 35.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306404160
- ISBN
- 9780306404160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.76
€ 191.76
Hardback. Editor(s): Zuidervaart, Lambert; Luttikhuizen, Henry. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312225049
- ISBN
- 9780312225049
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Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
Hardcover. This title re-evaluates the emerging relationship between art, aesthetics and work, exploring its potential as both a medium of critical analysis, and as a site of conflict and resistance. Editor(s): Carr, Adrian N.; Hancock, Philip. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968635
- ISBN
- 9780333968635
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Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardcover. A fresh new voice in art and cultural criticism takes on the day's most pressing questions about representations of violence in art. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 182 x 26. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393072150
- ISBN
- 9780393072150
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.60
€ 27.99
€ 24.60
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088759
- ISBN
- 9780719088759
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Condition: New
€ 164.95
€ 164.95
The Aesthetics of the Total Artwork. On Borders and Fragments.
. Ed(S): Finger, Anke K.; Follett, Danielle; ...
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
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Condition: New
€ 113.94
€ 113.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gallagher, David. Series: New Perspectives on World Cinema. Num Pages: 202 pages, 21+ bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. Series: New Perspectives on World Cinema. 204 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Gallagher, David. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 21. Weight: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857284389
- ISBN
- 9780857284389
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Condition: New
€ 136.76
€ 136.76
Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding.. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526. Transnationalism, Cultural Productions and Emotions. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight: 526.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453235
- ISBN
- 9780857453235
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Condition: New
€ 158.93
€ 158.93