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Art Incorporated
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 8.95A controversial and fascinating attempt to define what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art, and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the last twenty years. Stallabrass reveals the growing inclusiveness of the contemporary art world, pointing to the greatly increased visibility for women and non-western artists, and the blurring... more...
From High Art to New Art
Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 10.50Mijnheer de Rector Magnificus, Mevrouw de Decaan, Zeer Gewaardeerde Toehoorders, Dutch data on graying audiences 'Public interest in art is declining and the young are defecting en masse.' Actually, the story is quite the opposite. more...
Renaissance Art
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 9.99Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, D--uuml--;rer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are many of the works. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? This book answers such questions by considering both famous and lesser-known artists, patrons, and works... more...
Marianne Maderna
Springer 2008; US$ 49.95Macht, Ohnmacht, die Suche nach einem friedlichen Prinzip" als Regulativ des Menschen, das Forschen nach neuen Erkenntnissen diese Themen verknüpft die Künstlerin Marianne Maderna zu einer weltanschaulichen Bildgeschichte. Wissenschaftlerinnen verschiedener Disziplinen vervollständigen in ihren Essays diese Ansätze zu einem Netzwerk zeitgenössischer,... more...
The A to Z of Renaissance Art
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 33.99The A to Z of Renaissance Art covers the years 1250 to 1648, the period most disciplines place as the Renaissance Era. A complete portrait of this remarkable period is depicted in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 500 hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on major Renaissance painters, sculptors,... more...
From Head to Hand
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 18.99In his third book, Strauss delves into the mysterious process whereby an idea is born in the mind and materialized through the hand in the expression of an artwork. How exactly does this happen? It's a question so basic, an act so fundamental to art-making, that it has rarely received attention. It makes an ideal topic for Strauss, a writer with... more...
Rewriting Conceptual Art
Reaktion Books 1999; US$ 28.95An international movement that followed specific geographical-cultural patterns, Conceptual Art built on the legacy of Marcel Duchamp, redefining the institutional and social relationships among production, work and audience in ways which have comprehensively transformed the nature of the art object and forms of artistic practice, both historically... more...
Interpreting Contemporary Art
Reaktion Books 1991; US$ 37.00The interpretation of contemporary art has always presented the critic with the hardest challenge; yet today, as new and often bewildering trends and movements come to the fore with dizzying speed, a critical engagement with the works of our own time is particularly vital. Each contributor to Interpreting Contemporary Art has looked at his chosen... more...
Muqarnas, 26
BRILL 2009; US$ 83.00"Muqarnas" 26 contains articles on a variety of topics that span and transcend the geographic and temporal boundaries that have traditionally defined the history of Islamic art and architecture. more...









