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Art Without Borders
University of Chicago Press 2009; US$ 21.00People all over the world make art and take pleasure in it, and they have done so for millennia. But acknowledging that art is a universal part of human experience leads us to some big questions: Why does it exist? Why do we enjoy it? And how do the world’s different art traditions relate to art and to each other? Art Without Borders is... more...
Paint or Pixel
NonStop Press 2008; US$ 19.95This collection of art and essays, by the best of today?s science fiction and fantasy artists?including Joe Devito, John Howe, Janny Wurts, Frank Wu, and others?presents candid opinions behind the revolution now taking place in the field. Are computers creating a seismic shift in the creation of sf&f art, or are they just another tool in the artist?s... more...
Digital Painting Techniques
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 52.95Discover the tips, tricks and techniques that really work for concept artists, matte painters and animators. Compiled by the team at 3dtotal.com, Digital Painting Techniques, Volume 1 offers digital inspiration with hands-on insight and techniques from professional digital artists. More than just a gallery book - within Digital Painting Techniques... more...
Space, Time, and Presence in the Icon
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95This book contributes to the re-emerging field of "theology through the arts" by proposing a way of approaching one of the most challenging theological concepts - divine timelessness - through the principle of construction of space in the icon. One of the main objectives of this book is to discuss critically the implications of "reverse... more...
Painter 11 Creativity
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95Jeremy Sutton is one of the world's premier Painter artists (www.JeremySutton.com and www.PaintboxJ.com), and in this brand new edition of his best-selling Painter Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook, he shows you the methods and techniques he's developed over the years to perfect his art and earn him the title of Corel Painter Master. This edition... more...
Everyday Genius
University of Chicago Press 2006; US$ 18.00From Henry Darger's elaborate paintings of young girls caught in a vicious war to the sacred art of the Reverend Howard Finster, the work of outsider artists has achieved unique status in the art world. Celebrated for their lack of traditional training and their position on the fringes of society, outsider artists nonetheless participate in a traditional... more...
Art and the Human Adventure
Editions Rodopi 2009; US$ 92.00André Malraux was a major figure in French intellectual life in the twentieth century. A key component of his thought is his theory of art which presents a series of fundamental challenges to traditional explanations of the nature and purpose of art devel more...
The Objective Eye
University of Chicago Press 2006; US$ 30.00“The longer you work, the more the mystery deepens of what appearance is, or how what is called appearance can be made in another medium."—Francis Bacon, painter This, in a nutshell, is the central problem in the theory of art. It has fascinated philosophers from Plato to Wittgenstein. And it fascinates artists and art historians,... more...
Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought?
World Wisdom 2007; US$ 9.99This new edition of Coomaraswamy's classic book, considered his most important work on the philosophy of art, includes all of the revisions Coomaraswamy had wanted to add to the original edition. more...
Digital Art and Meaning
University of Minnesota Press 2011; US$ 75.00In a world increasingly dominated by the digital, the critical response to digital art generally ranges from hype to counterhype. Popular writing about specific artworks seldom goes beyond promoting a given piece and explaining how it operates, while scholars and critics remain unsure about how to interpret and evaluate them. This is where Roberto... more...









