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Theory. Philosophy. Aesthetics of the visual arts

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  • Philosophy of Artby Noë Carroll; l

    Routledge 1999; US$ 36.95

    Philosophy of Art is a textbook for undergraduate students interested in the topic of philosophical aesthetics, introducing the techniques of analytic philosophy in addition to a selection of the major topics in this area. more...

  • Art Theoryby Cynthia Freeland

    Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 12.99

    Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy, art theory, and many engrossing examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, sex, web sites, and research on the brain's role in perceiving art. more...

  • On the Genealogy of Moralsby Friedrich Nietzsche; Douglas Smith

    Oxford University Press, UK 1997; US$ 8.95

    On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the 4entral values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of a brutal process of conditioning designed to domesticate the animal vitality of earlier cultures. The result is a book which raises profoundly disquieting issues about the violence of both ethicsand interpretation. Nietzsche questions moral certainties by showing that religion and science have no claim to absolute truth, before turning on his own arguments in order to call their very presuppositions into question. The Genealogy is the most sustained of Nietzsche's... more...

  • Van Goghby Steven Naifeh; Gregory White Smith

    Profile 2011; US$ 47.98

    Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early The Potato Eaters to his late masterpieces Sunflowers and The Starry Night. He had worked as an art dealer, a missionary and as a teacher in England, and only in his late twenties did he begin a life that would be fundamental in shaping modern art. But when he died in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890 at the age of thirty-seven he was largely unknown. Written with the unique cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum, Pulitzer-winning authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith recreate his extraordinary life - and the inside of his troubled mind - like never before. Drawing for the first time on all of his (and his family's) extensive letters, which... more...

  • Sociology and Visual Representationby Elizabeth Chaplin

    Routledge 1994; US$ 49.95

    With technological developments transforming our culture into a more visual one, this book sets a new standard for visual sociology. In this, Chaplin examines still images, diagrams and the visual representation of the written text. more...

  • Bohm-Biederman Correspondenceby Charles Biederman; David Bohm; Paavo Pylkkanen

    Routledge 1998; US$ 95.00

    The Bohm-Biederman Correspondence is a cultural document which, through letters, traces the fascinating exchange between art and science, creativity and theory, physicist and artist. more...

  • Feminism and Contemporary Artby Jo Anna Isaak

    Routledge 1996; US$ 35.95

    Looks at the work of a diverse range of artists and explores the effect of feminist theory on art practice. The book provides a provocative and valuable account of the diversity and revolutionary potential of women's art practice. more...

  • Art and the Performance of Memoryby ; Richard ndida Smith

    Routledge 2002; US$ 160.00

    This book investigates the role that the visual and performing arts play in our experience and understanding of the past. The essays highlight the role of oral history in the documentation of the visual and performing arts. more...

  • Reassessing Foucaultby Colin Jones; Roy Porter

    Routledge 1994; US$ 40.95

    This study critically examines the implications of Foucault's work for students and researchers in a wide selection of areas in the social and human sciences. more...

  • Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Artby Miranda Green

    Routledge 1992; US$ 44.95

    `The variety of subjects is awesome, as is the sustained iconography of their symbols and emblems. A work of major importance.' - Choice more...