Criticism & Theory
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Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through
$16.95 Read moreW. G. Sebald meets Maggie Nelson in an autobiographical narrative of embodiment, visual art, history, and loss.
- Author: Fleischmann, T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1566895472
- Language: English
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Surrealism
$23.33 Read moreWith Salvador Dalà as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytica
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Klingsöhr-Leroy, Cathrin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 14 2015
- ISBN10: 3836506734
- Language: English
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The Photograph as Contemporary Art
$24.95 Add to cartIn the twenty-first century, photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a leg
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Cotton, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0500204489
- Language: English
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Rapunzel’s Supermarket: All about Young Children and Their Art
$39.95 Read moreRapunzel’s Supermarket[All about Young Children and Their Art] [RAPUNZELS SUPERMARKET 2/E] [Paperback]
- Author: Kolbe, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 135
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 097577221X
- Language: English
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
$9.95 Add to cartA 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 nonob
- Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
- Author: Kandinsky, Wassily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 01 1977
- ISBN10: 0486234118
- Language: English
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Track Changes: A Handbook for Art Criticism
$19.00 Read moreCollecting case studies, conversations, manifestos, and reflections on the technical and ethical choices that writers and editors face, Track Changes is a rigorous, practical, and supportive guide to … [more below]
- Author: Dayal, Mira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1736507915
- Language: English
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Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form
$28.99 Add to cartIn Reinventing Comics–the new century manifesto on the many futures of comics art–the renowned author of Understanding Comics takes a fascinating look at how imagination and technology are revolutio
- Author: McCloud, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 25 2000
- ISBN10: 0060953500
- Language: English
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Secret Knowledge (New and Expanded Edition): Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
$60.00 Read moreJoin one of the most influential artists of our time as he investigates the painting techniques of the Old Masters. Hockney’s extensive research led him to conclude that artists such as Caravaggio, Ve… [more below]
- Author: Hockney, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 05 2006
- ISBN10: 0142005126
- Language: English
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The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
$45.00 Add to cartFrom former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art
What is the work of art? In- Author: Moss, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 059329758X
- Language: English
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What Is Art?
$16.00 Add to cartThis profound analysis of the nature of art is the culmination of a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice, and religion. Considering and rejecting the idea that art revea… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Tolstoy, Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0140446427
- Language: English
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The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty and Other Matters: 30th Anniversary Edition
$27.95 Add to cart“If this book of shocking intelligence and moral hope is read widely and above all well, word for word, it will help the world.” –Peter Schjeldahl
An expanded edition of Hickey’s controversial and exq
- Author: Hickey, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987596500
- Language: English
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Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York
$20.00 Add to cartA National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of Vogue‘s Best Books of the Year
A dazzling biography of one of the twentieth century’s most respected painters, Helen Frankenthaler, as she came of age- Author: Nemerov, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0525560203
- Language: English
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Seeing Making: Room for Thought
$32.50 Read moreRenowned philosopher Susan Buck-Morss collaborates with Boot Boyz Biz’s Kevin McCaughey and Inventory Press’ Adam Michaels on this experimental image-text update of McLuhan and Benjamin
Renowned philos
- Author: Buck-Morss, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1941753531
- Language: English
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The Art Spirit
$19.99 Add to cartA classic work of advice, criticism, and inspiration for aspiring artists and lovers of art
“Art when really understood is the province of every human being.” So begins The Art Spirit, the collected- Author: Henri, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 27 2007
- ISBN10: 0465002633
- Language: English
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Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision
$15.95 Add to cartSerious working artists are the intended audience of this collection of short essays that clarify common expressive and personal problems that many artists encounter, including the fear of being clich… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0972872329
- Language: English
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Please Wait by the Coatroom: Reconsidering Race and Identity in American Art
$28.95 Add to cartFar-ranging and thought-provoking essays on the relation of art and ethnic identity.
This first collection by award-winning author John Yau, drawn from decades of work, includes essays about Black, As- Author: Yau, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1574232614
- Language: English
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New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies
$29.99 Add to cartExtensively revised and expanded, The New Essential Guide to Hong Kong Movies includes over 670 film reviews, a poster gallery, and a look at the key studios that made Hong Kong cinema so amazing, alo… [more below]
- Author: Baker, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1648210163
- Language: English
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Art as Experience
$19.00 Add to cartBased on John Dewey’s lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, Art as Experience has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished wo… [more below]
- Author: Dewey, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 05 2005
- ISBN10: 0399531971
- Language: English
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Red: The History of a Color
$42.00 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color red throughout the ages
The color red has represented many things, from the life force and the divine to love, lust, and anger. Up th- Author: Pastoureau, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0691172773
- Language: English
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Impressionism
$23.33 Add to cartDiscover how scenes of daily life and delicate dabs of color shocked the art world establishment. In this TASCHEN Basic Art introduction to Impressionism, we explore the artists, subjects, and techniq
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Grimme, Karin H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 18 2017
- ISBN10: 3836536978
- Language: English
