General Art category: 18772 books
by Roger Fry
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Twenty-five art-related essays by distinguished British art critic and painter reveal his wide-ranging interests. Writings explore relationships between ancient and modern art and between art and life, examining such diverse topics as the art of the Bushmen, African sculpture, ancient American art,...
by Wassily Kandinsky
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonobjective painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), it explains Kandinsky's own theory of painting and...
Looking Closer 5
Critical Writings on Graphic Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines,...
American Artists On Art
From 1940 To 1980
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
From the Preface: The fact that so much of modern art has devoted itself to the exploration and assertion of its own identity is reflected in, but does not explain, the increasing amount of writing and talking on the part of contemporary artists. Rather, the whole history of the changing role of art...
Chinese Symbolism and Art Motifs Fourth Revised Edition
A Comprehensive Handbook on Symbolism in Chinese Art Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Written with reader accessibility in mind, this comprehensive handbook of symbolism in Chinese art and culture will be an invaluable resource for any student of Eastern art history, Chinese arts and crafts, and anyone interested in commonly held Chinese beliefs and their origins.
In Chinese...
Art Business Today
20 Key Topics
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Art Business Today: 20 Key Topics is an accessible and comprehensive companion to the business of art written by leading experts in the field, many of them based at Sotheby's Institute of Art. It is an essential reference book for students in the areas of art business, arts management, the creative...
Art as Social Action
An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
"Art as Social Action . . . is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students." —Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens Museum
Art as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social...
The Elements of Creative and Expressive Artistry
A Philosophy for Creating Everything Artistic
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTISTRY identifies the nine root elements common to all artistic disciplines. Whether you are a writer, visual artist, or a performer, learning the fundamental elements will help you unlock your full artistic potential and create art that is more expressive,...
After the Beautiful
Hegel and the Philosophy of Pictorial Modernism
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
In his Berlin lectures on fine art, Hegel argued that art involves a unique form of aesthetic intelligibility—the expression of a distinct collective self-understanding that develops through historical time. Hegel’s approach to art has been influential in a number of different contexts, but in...
by Jonathan Harris
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2006
Art History: The Key Concepts is a systematic, reliable and accessible reference guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Containing entries on over 200 terms integral to the historical and theoretical study of art, design and culture in general, it is an indispensable source of...
by Alphonse Mucha
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
To the general public, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860–1939) is perhaps best known for his posters of Sarah Bernhardt and magnificent decorative panels such as "The Seasons" — works that continue to grow in popularity and value as the resurgence of interest in Art Nouveau increases. Among graphic artists...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
An innovatory exploration of art and visual culture. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey, the volumes approach the process of looking at works of art in terms of their audiences, functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting, sculpture...
The Psychology of Visual Art
Eye, Brain and Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
What can art tell us about how the brain works? And what can the brain tell us about how we perceive and create art? Humans have created visual art throughout history and its significance has been an endless source of fascination and debate. Visual art is a product of the human brain, but is art so...
by David Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Restless, protean, fluid, evanescent—despite being a challenge to represent visually, water has gained a striking significance in the art of the twentieth century. This may be due to the fact that it allows for a range of metaphorical meanings, many of which are particularly appropriate to the modern...