Criticism
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A Philosophy of War: Why We Fight
$17.95 Add to cartThe best-selling author of A Philosophy of Walking returns to address the eternal subject of human conflict
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seems to many like a throwback to another age, rattling Europe- Author: Gros, Frédéric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1804296023
- Language: English
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Designing Futures: Speculation, Critique, Innovation
$45.00 Add to cartThe ability to imagine different possible futures and the will to influence the course of events are deeply human. These ideas about the future can also determine which of the many possible futures wi… [more below]
- Author: Mandir, Eileen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1529435056
- Language: English
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Regarding the Pain of Others
$18.00 Add to cartA brilliant, clear-eyed consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture–its ubiquity, meanings, and effects.
Considered one of the greatest critics of her generation, Susan Son- Author: Sontag, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1250374723
- Language: English
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Good Pictures Are a Strong Weapon: Laura Gilpin, Queerness, and Navajo Sovereignty
$34.95 Add to cartWhat are the limits of political solidarity, and how can visual culture contribute to social change?
A fundamental dilemma exists in documentary photography: can white artists successfully portray Ind
- Author: Siddons, Louise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1517910730
- Language: English
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Point Line Plane
$35.00 Add to cartPoint Line Plane is architectural theory, but written as narrative, full of intriguing vignettes, such as the fact that in Ancient Rome windows were fitted with slices of marble because glass was so
- Author: Kuma, Kengo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 050002796X
- Language: English
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Democracy and Urban Form
$27.95 Add to cartIf discourse is the foundation of democracy, how can the design of our cities empower and enable discourse?
“Never have the potential political consequences of architecture been greater, and never has- Series: Sternberg Press / The Incidents
- Author: Sennett, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 191560947X
- Language: English
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From Bauhaus to Our House
$17.00 Add to cart“After 1945 our plutocrats, bureaucrats, board chairmen, CEOs, commissioners, and college presidents undergo an inexplicable change. They become diffident and reticent. All at once they are willing
to- Author: Wolfe, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1250352673
- Language: English
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On Photography
$19.00 Add to cartWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
“To photograph is to ap
A new edition of Susan Sontag’s groundbreaking critique of photography–its problems, politics, and possibilities.- Author: Sontag, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 125037474X
- Language: English
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Architecture of Segregation: The Hierarchy of Spaces and Places
$54.99 Add to cartIn Architecture of Segregation, the intricate interplay between architecture and societal divisions is meticulously explored, providing a comprehensive analysis of how built environments have shaped a
- Author: McCants, Jerel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990152434
- Language: English
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Looking at Photographs (Art Essentials)
$18.95 Add to cartPhotographs, even the most iconic, often have something seemingly obvious about them. They appear to represent the “real” world and our first instinct is that they can be easily interpreted, which is
- Series: Art Essentials #22
- Author: Jullier, Laurent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0500297509
- Language: English
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Architecture in the 20th Century
$116.67 Add to cartFrom Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank O. Gehry to Antoni Gaud?, Shigeru Ban and all the best in between, this essential guide celebrates 100 years of the finest architecture. Large-format photos, drawings… [more below]
- Author: Leuthäuser, Gabriele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: November 23 2020
- ISBN10: 3836570904
- Language: English
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Seeing Black: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond
$40.00 Add to cartSituating historical inquiry alongside contemporary practices of Black image-making in New Orleans, SEEING BLACK: Black Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond engages the photographic grammars, te
- Author: Salaam, Kalamu Ya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1608013022
- Language: English
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The Entanglement: How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are
$18.95 Add to cartWhy human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon–and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselves
In The Entanglement, philosopher Alva No? explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosop- Author: No?, Alva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0691249571
- Language: English
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Greatness: Diverse Designers of Architecture
$45.00 Add to cartGREATNESS: Diverse Designers of Architecture is a compelling exploration of the contributions of diverse architects to the field of architecture.
This book delves into the essence of various architec- Author: Sablan, Pascale
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1961856212
- Language: English
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Beyond Architecture: The New New York
$37.50 Read moreA volume of new essays by a range of contributors–architectural critics, city planners, historians, scholars, journalists, and more–to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the passage of the New … [more below]
- Author: Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1681379104
- Language: English
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Maybe the People Would Be the Times
$22.95 Add to cartIn his second collection (after Kill All Your Darlings, 2007), Luc Sante pays homage to Patti Smith, Rene Ricard, and Georges Simenon; traces the history of tabloids; surveys the landscape that gave b
- Author: Sante, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 22 2020
- ISBN10: 1891241575
- Language: English
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Josef Koudelka: Next: A Visual Biography by Melissa Harris
$50.00 Add to cartThe definitive and only authorized biography of Josef Koudelka–an intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photography’s most renowned and celebrated artists.
Throughout his more than sixty-y- Author: Harris, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1597114650
- Language: English
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Ecclesiastes and the Search for Meaning in an Upside-Down World
$14.95 Read moreThis unique book combines memoir, exegesis, and theological reflection to demonstrate the ongoing significance of the book of Ecclesiastes to the Christian life in the twenty-first century.
Through exe… [more below]
- Author: Meek, Russell L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1683074165
- Language: English
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The Fundamentals of Interior Design
$44.95 Add to cartThe second edition of The Fundamentals of Interior Design provides a thorough introduction to the key elements of interior design and the ideas that underpin them. The book describes the entirety of t
- Series: Fundamentals
- Author: Dodsworth, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1350106569
- Language: English
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Accra: Aperture 252
$24.95 Add to cartThis fall, following acclaimed issues centered on Delhi, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and S縊 Paulo, Aperture magazine presents “Accra,” an edition that considers the Ghanaian capital as a site o… [more below]
- Series: Aperture Magazine #252
- Author: Aperture
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1597115495
- Language: English
