Stories of Art

By James Elkins

Stories of Art is James Elkins's intimate history of art. Concise and original, this engaging book is an antidote to the behemoth art history textbooks...

Published September 27th 2002 by Routledge.

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Race-ing Art History

Critical Readings in Race and Art History

Edited by Kymberly N. Pinder

Race-ing Art History is the first comprehensive anthology to place issues of racial representation squarely on the canvas. Within these pages are representations of...

Published August 9th 2002 by Routledge.

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Information Subject

By Mark Poster, Stanley Aronowitz

In this collection of essays and interviews, Mark Poster examines theoretical approaches and develops his own position on our information based society. He...

Published May 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Blindness

The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought

By Moshe Barasch

Blindness is a remarkable study of how Western culture has imagined what it is like to be blind, especially as it is represented in that...

Published April 11th 2001 by Routledge.

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Looking In

The Art of Viewing

By Mieke Bal, Norman Bryson

Mieke Bal is one of Europe's leading theorists and critics. Her work within feminist art history and cultural studies provides a fascinating alternative to prevailing...

Published March 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Framing Formalism

Riegl's Work

By Richard Woodfield

Alois Riegl (1858-1905) was one of the founding fathers of modern formalist criticism. As a member of the Vienna School of Art Historians, he shared...

Published March 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Feminist Visual Culture

Edited by Fiona Carson, Claire Pajaczkowska

Visual culture is all around us: television, dance, film, fashion, painting, sculpture, installation and fine art are only a few of its many faces. Feminist...

Published February 5th 2001 by Routledge.

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Theories of Art

1. From Plato to Winckelmann

By Moshe Barasch

This book, the first in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory, offers a comprehensive analysis and reassessment of major trends in European art theory and...

Published November 10th 2000 by Routledge.

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Theories of Art

3. From Impressionism to Kandinsky

By Moshe Barasch

In this volume, the third in his classic series on art theory, Moshe Barasch traces the hidden patterns and interlocking themes in the study of...

Published November 10th 2000 by Routledge.

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Theories of Art

2. From Winckelmann to Baudelaire

By Moshe Barasch

This second book in Moshe Barasch's series on art theory surveys the development of the field from the early eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries. During...

Published November 7th 2000 by Routledge.

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