General Art category: 18772 books
Anarchy and Art
From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
One of the powers of art is its ability to convey the human aspects of political events. In this fascinating survey on art, artists, and anarchism, Allan Antliff interrogates critical moments when anarchist artists have confronted pivotal events over the past 140 years. The survey begins with Gustave...
Acts of Passion
Sexuality, Gender, and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
The first volume to focus exclusively on lesbian performance work, Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender, and Performance draws on the experiences and expertise of a wide range of lesbian practitioners and theorists to explore the impact and influences of sexuality and gender on performance. It examines...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected...
by Riah Pryor
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Interest in art crime is at an all-time high. Academia is committing greater resources to it, lawyers are increasingly specializing in the field, and the public is enthralled. Belief that the art market's opaque and unregulated practices are indirectly to blame for these crimes, is also gaining ground....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Theatre Design involves everything seen on stage: not only scenery but costumes, wigs, makeup, properties, lighting, sound, even the shape and material of the stage itself. Designers’ Shakespeare presents and analyses the work of a half-dozen leading practitioners of this specialist art. By focusing...
Outside the Box
Hand-Drawn Packaging from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
In an age of slick, computer-generated type and Photoshopped perfection, hand-drawn packing is enjoying a global resurgence. As shorthand for something more authentic, homegrown, handmade, or crafted, hand-drawn packaging is found on everything from supermarket eggs to Chipotle drink cups. In this...
by Stevie Mack, Kitty Williams
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2015
The folk art inspired by Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico and around the world, including the American Southwest, powerfully communicates the cultural traditions of this joyous holiday. As a companion volume to the authors' Day of the Dead, this book focuses on the artistic imagery of Day of...
Spirituality and Art Therapy
Living the Connection
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2001
Reflecting the increasing recognition of the importance of the spiritual in healing, Spirituality and Art Therapy is an exciting exploration of the different ways in which the spiritual forms an essential, life-enhancing component of a well-rounded therapeutic approach. The contributors are leading...
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Studies in the History of An Idea
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1992
Over the centuries, European debate about the nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. Out of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particular. This...
by Derek Brazell, Jo Davies
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Get ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Davies's Becoming a Successful Illustrator.
This edition features even more 'Spotlight on…' sections, with advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people that commission...
Experimental Corsets
Inspiration and techniques for wearable and sculptural garments
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
An exploration of the corset as a motif for textile artists, with practical tips and examples. Used for the last 400 years to contort the female body into a variety of fashionable silhouettes, the corset has become a fascinating and hugely popular motif for modern textile artists who wish to represent...
Making Art History
A Changing Discipline and its Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Making Art History is a collection of essays by contemporary scholars on the practice and theory of art history as it responds to institutions as diverse as art galleries and museums, publishing houses and universities, school boards and professional organizations, political parties and multinational...
Outsider Art
From the Margins to the Marketplace
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2010
The term outsider art has been used to describe work produced exterior to the mainstream of modern art by certain self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients, criminals, and others beyond the perceived margins of society. Yet the idea of such a raw, untaught...
Postwar Italian Art History Today
Untying 'the Knot'
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Postwar Italian Art History Today brings fresh critical consideration to the parameters and impact of Italian art and visual culture studies of the past several decades. Taking its cue from the thirty-year anniversary of curator Germano Celant's landmark exhibition at PS1 in New York – The Knot...