Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. Explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Translator(s): Underwood, J. A. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141036199
- ISBN
- 9780141036199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 8.96
€ 12.99
€ 8.96
Hardback. Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's "beauty and attraction" invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 colour plates, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226210261
- ISBN
- 9780226210261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772240
- ISBN
- 9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566631778
- ISBN
- 9781566631778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Hardcover. Reveals the ways in which the work of bio artists offers new meanings for our lives in the wake of scientific discovery, as well as new frameworks for describing them. This book covers key areas in which biotechnology has had an impact on world, including ecology, biomedicine, designer genomes and evolutionary theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1366.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239322
- ISBN
- 9780500239322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.04
€ 40.99
€ 29.04
Paperback. In the Guangdong province in southeastern China lies Dafen, a village that houses thousands of workers who paint Van Goghs, Da Vincis, and Warhols. The author shows how Dafen's workers force us to reexamine our expectations about the cultural function of creativity and imitation, and the role of Chinese workers in redefining global art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 colour plates, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024899
- ISBN
- 9780226024899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. During the 1990s a particular focus of discussions on American culture has been the role of visual arts in public life. In this volume, five cultural critics and two contemporary artists set out to show the ways in which this debate has profoundly reshaped the view of American culture. Editor(s): Yenawine, Philip; Weems, Marianne; Wallis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 125 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; ABA; ABQ; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814793510
- ISBN
- 9780814793510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Essays that seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse Series: October Books. Num Pages: 357 pages, 87. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 357
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262521802
- ISBN
- 9780262521802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.13€ 49.72
€ 51.13
€ 49.72
Paperback. An updated edition of the hugely successful original anthology that captures the essence and the edge of the contemporary art scene. Editor(s): Kocur, Zoya; Leung, Simon. Num Pages: 552 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338577
- ISBN
- 9781444338577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26