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Functional Aesthetics
Springer 2010; US$ 47.99Functional Aesthetics is a sequel to Seymour's highly acclaimed book "Fashionable Technology" (Springer 2008) and contains new state-of-the-art and revealing artistic and design examples focusing on the aesthetic and functional aspects. Chapters like Contextual Prerequisite, Body Sculpture, or Transparent Sustainability provide in-depth... more...
Transdiscourse 1
Springer 2011; US$ 39.99"Mediated Environments" addresses the problem that society interprets our environment through conditioned and constructed representations of mainstream media and not in a transdisciplinary way with the help of artists, architects, filmmakers, cultural theorists and scientists. The writers who come from these various backgrounds all wish to... more...
The Transformation of Vernacular Expression in Early Modern Arts
BRILL 2011; US$ 149.00Including contributions by historians of early modern European art, architecture, and literature, this book examines the transformative force of the vernacular over time and different regions, as well as the way the concept of the vernacular itself changes in the period. more...
Culture of Hope
Free Press 1995; Not AvailableAs we approach the new millenium, the moral, intellectual,and spiritual crisis of our time is visible most plainly in the sickness of the arts. The "postmodern" cultural establishment is philosophically empty and esthetically corrupt. But no one has been able to explain this decline or give a satisfying answer to the question of the proper role of... more...
Art in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States
Rutgers University Press 2010; US$ 22.95Art in the Lives of Immigrant Communities in the United States is the first book to provide a comprehensive and lively analysis of the contributions of artists from America's newest immigrant communities-Africa, the Middle East, China, India, Southeast Asia, Central America, and Mexico. Adding significantly to our understanding of both the arts... more...
Die Kunst in der Gesellschaft
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Trotz der Grundlagenwerke Luhmanns und Bourdieus hat die Soziologie die empirische Erforschung und theoretische Analyse der Kunst weitgehend vernachl ssigt. Ein soziologisch fundierter aktueller Aufriss des Kunstsystems liegt nicht vor. Einen Versuch dazu unternimmt M ller-Jentsch mit dieser Publikation, die fokussiert auf die soziologischen Begriffe... more...
The Japanese Way of the Artist
Stone Bridge Press 2012; US$ 19.95Now in a single volume, three essential works on Japanese aesthetics, spirituality, and meditation more...
Signal: 02
PM Press 2012; US$ 9.99This installment of the Signal series features artwork inspired by anarchist movements in Japan, U.S. promotional posters from the 1910s, Mexican street art, revolutionary murals from 1970s Portugal, and much more. The series is dedicated to documenting the compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international resistance and liberation... more...
Art Platforms and Cultural Production on the Internet
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 125.00In this book, Goriunova offers a critical analysis of the processes that produce digital culture. Digital cultures thrive on creativity, developing new forces of organization to overcome repetition and reach brilliance. In order to understand the processes that produce culture, the author introduces the concept of the art platform, a specific configuration... more...
Uncertainties, Mysteries, Doubts
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 40.95What is it to listen? How do we hear? How do we allow meanings to emerge between each other? 'This book is about what Freud called "freely" or "evenly suspended attention", a form of listening, a kind of receptive incomprehension, which is fundamental and mandatory for the practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. The author steps outside... more...









