Theory of art

This book gathers the published and unpublished writings of Dr Grace Pailthorpe (1883-1971), English surgeon, specialist in psychological medicine and surrealist artist to provide an in-depth study of her work and legacy.

This book gathers the published and unpublished writings of Dr Grace Pailthorpe (1883-1971), English surgeon, specialist in psychological medicine and surrealist artist to provide an in-depth study of her work and legacy.

'Insights from the zeitgeist are preserved with conviction and clarity, offering an inclusive way to access contemporary art in all its forms.

The hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca artThe most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a long-lost writing system.

The Invisible Dragon made a lot of noise for a little book When it was originally published in 1993 it was championed by artists for its forceful call for a reconsideration of beauty-and savaged by more theoretically oriented critics who dismissed the very concept of beauty as naive, igniting a debate that has shown no sign of flagging.

First published in 1952, John Constable and the Fishers is based on original letters which have never been published in full before.

First published in 1952, John Constable and the Fishers is based on original letters which have never been published in full before.

In 1806, the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford opened a gallery at Cleveland House, London, to display their internationally-renowned collection of Old Master paintings to the public.

A seminal text in the history of modern art, from one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century Art is the language that speaks to the soul Why do we make art?

En busca de las palabras reúne los textos críticos y filosóficos sobre literatura y arte escritos por Oscar del Barco a lo largo de más de cuarenta años.

En 2010, en el Museo de Arte Moderno de Río de Janeiro, el artista brasileño Nuno Ramos expone la instalación Fruto estranho.

Starting from the premise that after modernism and postmodernism in the Anthropocene an artwork cannot rest upon its separation from the planet, this volume develops new ethical practice and thought with respect to art, philosophy and moving images.

This book explores the contemporary legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the passage of three quarters of a century, and the role of art and activism in maintaining a critical perspective on the dangers of the nuclear age.

This book explores the contemporary legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the passage of three quarters of a century, and the role of art and activism in maintaining a critical perspective on the dangers of the nuclear age.

Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious design ability.

How have artists responded to our market-driven, tech-enabled culture of speed?

En el prólogo a "L'uso dei corpi", Giorgio Agamben retoma la figura de Guy Debord bajo la afectividad de una vida clandestina, o mejor, de una vida privada vivida como clandestina, una vida singular que rehúye y resiste las formas de la legalidad y de lo público.

In diesem Buch werden die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten des einzelnen Bildes bis hin zu einer komplexen Filmsprache erörtert, der Gebrauch hinsichtlich unterschiedlicher Erzählstile bzw.

In the early 20th century, copying, cutting and pasting entered the Western European avant-garde through collage and readymades, as artists employed found objects and ephemera to create new meaning from existing materials.

THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER - A VITAL GUIDE TO CREATIVITY, OVERCOMING OBSTACLES AND MAKING YOUR WORK NO MATTER WHAT 'Filled with insights that every artist and creator needs to hear' JAMES CLEAR'I've stolen tons of inspiration from this book .

George Gissing's books, published during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, are memorable for their portraits of women.

This innovative book takes the concept of translation beyond its traditional boundaries, adding to the growing body of literature which challenges the idea of translation as a primarily linguistic transfer.

This book examines necropolitics and performance art, with a particular focus on the black body and the African diaspora.

This book examines necropolitics and performance art, with a particular focus on the black body and the African diaspora.

* 'Great art has dreadful manners.

En este polémico y desafiante conjunto de ensayos, el joven fundador y ex director del Palais de Tokyo parisino, Nicolas Bourriaud -autor del libro recientemente reeditado por Adriana Hidalgo, 'Postproducción'- precisa el sistema de ideas y el funcionamiento de un nuevo paradigma artístico destinado a interactuar en la esfera de las relaciones sociales.

The Science and Art of Dreaming is an innovative text that reviews the neuroscience and psychology of how dreams are produced, how they are recalled and their relationship to waking life events and concerns of the dreamer.

The Science and Art of Dreaming is an innovative text that reviews the neuroscience and psychology of how dreams are produced, how they are recalled and their relationship to waking life events and concerns of the dreamer.

The term 'temporality' often refers to the traditional mode of the way time is: a linear procession of past, present and future.

En el presente libro se abordan las construcciones, narraciones y tecnologías históricas, religiosas, filosóficas y científicas del lenguaje y del discurso del «saber» que han determinado la identidad, la función y la constitución psíquica y corporal de las mujeres, así como su inscripción en los roles simbólicos, sociales, sexuales y laborales de género y su exclusión del espacio público.

This book provides a thorough analysis focused on the sound expression produced by human-crafted musical instrument - a pipe organ, in which various components blend into a complex whole to produce a wide range of timbres.

BeschreibungInhaltIst musikalische Romantik eine Epoche, ein Stil oder bloß Kitsch?

Dies ist die erste, große zusammenfassende Darstellung der Geschichte der musikalischen Interpretation in den letzten beiden Jahrhunderten.

Warum gab es keine bedeutenden Kunsthistorikerinnen?

Increasing popularity of street art is changing the art market and its laws.

Germany developed a large colonial empire over the last thirty years of the 19th century, spanning regions of the west coast of Africa to its east coast and beyond.

This book explores the nature of Jung's understanding of modern art, in particular his reception to the work of Picasso and his striking prejudice shown in his controversial essay of 1932.

This book explores the nature of Jung's understanding of modern art, in particular his reception to the work of Picasso and his striking prejudice shown in his controversial essay of 1932.

In den Jahren 1840 und 1841 erscheinen im J.

This fully revised and updated third edition offers students and artists valuable insights into traditional color theory and its practical application using today's cutting-edge technology.

This fully revised and updated third edition offers students and artists valuable insights into traditional color theory and its practical application using today's cutting-edge technology.

Drawing on a rich legacy of pictorial evidence, Images of Childhood examines historical constructions of childhood and how they reinforce or challenge the prevailing view of childhood as a state of innocence.

Drawing on a rich legacy of pictorial evidence, Images of Childhood examines historical constructions of childhood and how they reinforce or challenge the prevailing view of childhood as a state of innocence.

Este libro reúne escritos sobre la voz, la escritura y el decir en los que Ixiar Rozas ha trabajado desde hace años.

This innovative book takes the concept of translation beyond its traditional boundaries, adding to the growing body of literature which challenges the idea of translation as a primarily linguistic transfer.

How artists created an aesthetic of "e;positive barbarism"e; in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bombIn Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new foundation of culture after the massive devastation of World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb.

Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently mysterious design ability.

100 sumptuously produced essays by Britain's leading art critic, US born, Richard Dorment.