Die Fähigkeit von Bildern, ästhetische Normen zu unterlaufen und künstlerische Konventionen in Frage zu stellen, steht im Zentrum der Forschungen des Kunsthistorikers Jürgen Müller, dem diese Festschrift zum 60.
A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their usesArt history is often viewed through cultural or national lenses that define some works as fine art while relegating others to the category of craft.
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) fährt Auto, erkennt Krebs und sucht Bewerber*innen aus – und das teilweise besser, schneller und sicherer als jeder Mensch.
Aus kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Perspektive beleuchtet Steffen Krügers Werkbiografie Ernst Kris' Interesse an Fragen der Propaganda und Persuasion.
Este libro aborda las principales cuestiones y retos de la estética y de la teoría del arte en el cada vez más complejo contexto de la cultura digital.
The Performing Observer is a collection of short, critical writings on contemporary art, performance, and photography written over the course of the past two decades.
El retrato del «matrimonio Arnolfini», que Jan van Eyck pintó en 1434, es uno de los cuadros más fascinantes de la historia del arte: admirado a lo largo de los siglos, objeto de innumerables estudios, esconde sin embargo un secreto, un significado oculto que se hurta aún hoy incluso a la mirada más atenta.
Este libro constituye la primera monografía sistemática y exhaustiva de la road movie latinoamericana, uno de los géneros más productivos y populares en el cine latinoamericano de hoy.
Hay muchos libros sobre el arte y sus obras, y también sobre Estética y Filosofía del Arte, pero son pocos los textos que equilibren la experiencia artística con el saber filosófico.
Artistic Migration: Reframing Post-War Italian Art, Architecture, and Design in Brazil investigates a selection of works by Italian artists and architects, and an art critic and dealer, who immigrated to Brazil after World War II, and were involved in the first activities and opportunities created by the Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP).
This study evaluates how the ideology of Socialist Realism, developed by the Soviets in policies and the practices of art, has been influential in the Asia-Pacific region from 1917 until today.
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.
Flexible in approach and full of colorful examples, this textbook provides a basic introduction to what art is and can be in the lives of people who do not necessarily think of themselves as "e;artists.
In this insightful book, which is a revisionist math history as well as a revisionist art history, Tony Robbin, well known for his innovative computer visualizations of hyperspace, investigates different models of the fourth dimension and how these are applied in art and physics.
Fictions of Art History, the most recent addition to the Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, addresses art history's complex relationships with fiction, poetry, and creative writing.
An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicamentsIn this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history.
In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm.
This is the first book of its kind to examine the development of the confessional subject in video art and demonstrate how it can provide a vital platform for navigating the politics of self, subjectivity, and resistance in society.
From Francis Alys and Ursula Biemann to Vivan Sundaram, Allora & Calzadilla, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, some of the most compelling artists today are engaging with the politics of land use, including the growth of the global economy, climate change, sustainability, Occupy movements, and the privatization of public space.
Cross-Cultural Issues in Art provides an engaging introduction to aesthetic concepts, expanding the discussion beyond the usual Western theorists and Western examples.
Beyond the Happening uncovers the heterogeneous, uniquely interdisciplinary performance-based works that emerged in the aftermath of the early Happenings.
In this follow-up to his hugely popular The Book of Trees and Visual Complexity, Manuel Lima takes us on a lively tour through millennia of circular information design.
The writings of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari offer the most enduring and controversial contributions to the theory and practice of art in post-war Continental thought.
