Theory of art

In this second book of her trailblazing trilogy, Marsha Meskimmon proposes that decolonial, ecocritical, feminist art's histories can unravel the anthropocentric legacies of Eurocentric universalism, to create transformative conversations between and across many and more-than-human worlds.

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.

In seinem neuen Buch geht Richard Shusterman den vielfältigen Formen nach, in denen wir Erfahrungen der Leiblichkeit machen.

This book argues that Nietzsche bases his affirmative morality on the model of individual responsiveness to otherness which he takes from the mythology of Dionysus.

Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors addresses the broad cultural, historical, and theoretical implications of interiors beyond their conventionally defined architectural boundaries.

Der Fokus der Beiträge liegt dabei auf der Transformation von Materie, die im Sublimationsprozess stattfindet, aber auch auf den Verständnissen und Verwendungsweisen von Materie und Material.

In this book, Solveig Gu mundsdottir uncovers the crucial role of esotericism in the art of the Vienna Actionists-a group of Austrian neo-avant-garde artists, infamous for their transgressive performance art.

Things change.

Philosophy of art is traditionally concerned with the definition, appreciation and value of art.

In a unique cooperation between philosophy, linguistics, art history, and ancient studies, this volume focuses on ways in which the entangled and embodied nature of image and language enables us to symbolically articulate the world and our experience in a great variety of forms.

What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic?

This book delves into the long-standing human aspiration to combine art and science.

When the body is foregrounded in artwork - as in much contemporary performance, sculptural installation and video work - so is gendered and sexualised difference.

Making a strong case for a revaluation of Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), this collection argues that significant aspects of Lewis's writing, painting, and thinking have not yet received the attention they deserve.

What is craft?

Focusing on the later work of the American photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981), Claire Raymond takes up the question of the disintegrative condition of the art she produced in the last year of her life.

Political Illustration introduces students of illustration, visual communication, art, and political science to how political illustration works, when it's used and why.

The early 21st century has seen contemporary art make continued use of audience participation, in which the spectator becomes part of the artwork itself.

Radical Intimacy in Contemporary Art focuses on practices that operate at the edges of sexuality and its socially sanctioned expressions.

David Wang's Architecture and Sacrament considers architectural theory from a Christian theological perspective, specifically, the analogy of being (analogia entis).

Dorothea Olkowski's exploration of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze clarifies the gifted French thinker's writings for specialists and nonspecialists alike.

First published in 1966, Classicism and Romanticism is a collection of important articles originally published in the author's famous book, Florentine Painting and its Social Background.

This is the first book of its kind to feature interdisciplinary art history and disability studies scholarship.

A contemporary and interdisciplinary perspective on the study of art, connecting and integrating ideas from across the humanities and sciences.

Taking as its point of departure the complex question about whether Surrealist theatre exists, this book re-examines the much misunderstood artistic medium of theatre within Surrealism, especially when compared to poetry and painting.

Franklin Furnace is a renowned New York-based arts organization whose mission is to preserve, document and present works of avant-garde art by emerging artists - particularly those whose works may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect or politically unpopular content.

An investigation of the “occurrent arts” through the concepts of the “semblance” and “lived abstraction.

Originally published in 1963 and edited by an authority on Wyndham Lewis (whom he also knew personally) this volume made available for the first time over 500 letters of Wyndham Lewis, who for half a century was a dynamic force among English artists and intellectuals.

The near-absence of religion from contemporary discourse on art is one of the most fundamental issues in postmodernism.

This book explores ideologies, conflicts and ideas that underpinned art historical writing in Ukraine in the 20th century.

Johann Georg Sulzers Werk umfasst eine erstaunliche thematische Bandbreite.

Galenson combines social scientific methods with qualitative analysis to produce a new interpretation of modern art.

Elizabeth Wilson is one of our most radical cultural critics.

Art and Thought is a collection of newly commissioned essays that explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought.

Today's many popular aesthetic pleasures have a very long history.

In 2013 Georg Baselitz declared that 'women don't paint very well'.

This book provides readers with an introductory overview of art from the perspective of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Towards Tate Modern provides a new interdisciplinary account of Tate's shifting position as a national arts institution.

Was ist "Farbe"?

First published in 1966, Classicism and Romanticism is a collection of important articles originally published in the author's famous book, Florentine Painting and its Social Background.