General Art category: 18772 books
How to Do Things with Art
The Meaning of Art's Performativity
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Art has never been as culturally and economically prominent as it is today. How can artists themselves shape the social relevance and impact of their work? In How to Do Things with Art, German art historian Dorothea von Hantelmann uses four case study artists--Daniel Buren, James Coleman, Jeff Koons...
Time to Play
Action and Interaction in Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
'Play art' or interactive art is becoming a central concept in the contemporary art world, disrupting the traditional role of passive observance usually assumed by audiences, allowing them active participation. The work of 'play' artists - from Carsten Höller's 'Test Site' at the Tate Modern to Gabriel...
The Engagement Aesthetic
Experiencing New Media Art through Critique
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Long after painting, sculpture, photography, and film developed along with their materials - canvas and panel, marble and bronze, and celluloid film - a new generation of art has emerged in which digital, electronic, architectural, and performative materials have offered new forms for creative expression...
Film, Art, New Media: Museum Without Walls?
Museum Without Walls?
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
In the footsteps of Andre Bazin, this anthology of 15 original essays argues that the photographic origin of twentieth-century cinema is anti-anthropocentric. Well aware that the twentieth century stands out as the only period in history with its own photographic film record for posterity, Angela...
by Dr Richard Warren
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Art Nouveau was a style for a new age, but it was also one that continued to look back to the past. This new study shows how in expressing many of their most essential concerns – sexuality, death and the nature of art – its artists drew heavily upon classical literature and the iconography of...
Modern Art in Pakistan
History, Tradition, Place
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
Modern Art in Pakistan examines interaction of space, tradition, and history to analyse artistic production in Pakistan from the 1950s to recent times. It traces the evolution of modernism in Pakistan and frames it in a global context in the aftermath of Partition.
A masterful insight into...
Museum Representations of Maoist China
From Cultural Revolution to Commie Kitsch
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The collection, interpretation and display of art from the People’s Republic of China, and particularly the art of the Cultural Revolution, have been problematic for museums. These objects challenge our perception of ’Chineseness’ and their style, content and the means of their production question...
by J. Pedro Lorente
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Museums and public art have traditionally taken significantly different approaches to customer engagement, but throughout history they have also worked together in some urban contexts, notably as landmarks of so-called cultural districts. Public Art and Museums in Cultural Districts reviews their...
Running the City
Why Public Art Matters
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Leading Australian curator Felicity Fenner profiles activity-based and pop-up contemporary public art projects from Australia and around the globe. Running the City explores art projects that bring together diverse disciplines and cultures – including running, cycling, architecture, and guerilla...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Anthropology and Art Practice takes an innovative look at new experimental work informed by the newly-reconfigured relationship between the arts and anthropology. This practice-based and visual work can be characterised as 'art-ethnography'. In engaging with the concerns of both fields, this cutting-edge...
Hokusai, le fou génial du Japon moderne
Essai sur l'art
Language: French
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Étude de l'œuvre d'un maître qui a influencé des générations d'artistes.Hokusai fut d’abord un homme d’école, le camarade et l’émule de ces délicats. Puis, son indépendance géniale lui fit abandonner les systèmes et les disciplines, et tenter toutes les expériences qui sollicitèrent...
Alternative Art Surfaces
Mixed-Media Techniques for Painting on More Than 35 Different Surfaces
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Indulge your creative curiosity and take your art off the canvas, off the board, and into the brave new world of Alternative Art Surfaces!
Mixed-media powerhouse duo Darlene Olivia McElroy and Sandra Duran Wilson, authors of the best-selling books Image Transfer Workshop, Surface Treatment Workshop...
by Gregory Mirow
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
If you are an artist or designer, craftworker or art student, the price of this volume may be the best investment you've ever made. It contains an incredibly rich collection of bright, modern design material that is immediately usable — all selected especially for this volume from historical periods...
Art paléochrétien
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Partez à la découverte de l'art paléochrétien avec ce Grand Article Universalis !
Que signifie l'expression d'« art chrétien » ? Consacrée par l'usage, elle est historiquement fausse. En effet, la définition d'un « art chrétien » repose sur l'idée d'une séparation entre les domaines...