Art category: 43213 books
by Gary P. Bagnall
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Law as Art presents a radical new legal theory, the Law as Art Hypothesis, which conceives law, not as a system of rules, but as a distinctive kind of art work. Law is differentiated as art by the Law as Compound Artistic Type Hypothesis, which uses the heuristic metaphor of the Operatic Music Drama,...
by Martin Kemp
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics
Art has always been part of history. But we often think of it as outside history. When we look at a painting by Raphael, Rembrandt or Rubens it speaks to us directly, but it's also an historical document, part of a living world. Renowned art...
The Artist's Guide to Public Art
How to Find and Win Commissions (Second Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
“What artists don’t know—but need to know.” —Jack Becker, Public Art Review
A Comprehensive Guide to the Complex World of Public Art
Learn how to find, apply for, compete for, and win a public art commission. First-hand interviews with experienced public artists and arts administrators...
Modern Art And Modernism
A Critical Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Modern Art and Modernism offers firsthand material for the study of issues central to the development of modern art, its theory, and criticism. The history of modern art is not simply a history of works of art, it is also a history of ideas interpretations. The works of critics and theorists have...
Cross-Cultural Issues in Art
Frames for Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Cross-Cultural Issues in Art provides an engaging introduction to aesthetic concepts, expanding the discussion beyond the usual Western theorists and Western examples.
Steven Leuthold discusses both contemporary and historical issues and examples, incorporating a range of detailed case studies...
Contemporary Chinese Art
A Critical History
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Since the confirmation of Deng Xiaoping’s policy of Opening and Reform in 1978, the People’s Republic of China has undergone a liberalization of culture that has led to the production of numerous forms of avant-garde, experimental, and museum-based art. With a fast-growing international market...
Art Rethought
The Social Practices of Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Human beings engage works of the arts in many different ways: they sing songs while working, they kiss icons, they create and dedicate memorials. Yet almost all philosophers of art of the modern period have ignored this variety and focused entirely on just one mode of engagement, namely, disinterested...
Thai Art
Currencies of the Contemporary
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
The interplay of the local and the global in contemporary Thai art, as artists strive for international recognition and a new meaning of the national.
Since the 1990s, Thai contemporary art has achieved international recognition, circulating globally by way of biennials, museums, and commercial...
by Wiktor Kostrzewski
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
"I have six main goals in mind as I'm writing this. Goal number one is to enable you to enjoy art more. This is the biggest, and by far the hardest thing to do. If anything in this course stops you from enjoying art more in the end, let me know so I can fix it. Goal number two is to let you discover...
by Ramon Dacal Moure, Manuel Rivero De La Calle
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 1997
Art and Archaeology of Pre-Columbian Cuba presents a number of works, sixteen reproduced in color, by pre-Columbian artists from the archipelago, covering three millennia of human life in Cuba.
Living under difficult conditions, the first Cubans sculpted their emotions, fears, and hopes on...
Art Studio: Faces & Features
More than 50 projects and techniques for drawing and painting heads, faces, and features in pencil, acrylic, watercolor, and more!
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Art Studio: Faces & Features introduces beginning artists and art enthusiasts to the art of drawing and painting heads, faces, and expressions using a variety of mediums.
Drawing and painting heads, faces, and expressions can be an intimidating prospect for a beginning artist. Art Studio:...
The Art of Feminism
Images that Shaped the Fight for Equality, 1857-2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2018
Feminist art and the fight for equality
Art and feminism: Once again, women are on the march. And since its inception in the 19th century, the women's movement has harnessed the power of images to transmit messages of social change and equality to the world.
A comprehensive international survey...
by Harpal Sodhi
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2015
Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso’s & Husain’s Paintings
By: Dr. Harpal Sodhi
The book, “Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso’s and Husain’s Paintings”, is a projection of master minds in the field of art. It reveals about the creative works of art that are not just show pieces to...
by Joachim Stark
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
Master's Thesis from the year 2008 in the subject Art - Sculpture / Plastics, grade: distinction, The Open University (Department of Art History), language: English, abstract: This research project wants to assess to what extent Louise Bourgeois is employing Surrealist practices in her work. Another...