In his influential essay Provisional Painting Raphael Rubinstein applied the term provisional to contemporary painters whose work looked intentionally casual dashed-off tentative unfinished or self-cancelling who appeared to have deliberately turned away from s... Lees meer.

With a critical eye Gabriel Rockhill guides you through complex debates in history politics and aesthetics giving you an overview of key issues and central figures including Foucault Derrida Castoriadis Badiou and Ranciere. With a critical eye Gabriel Rockhi... Lees meer.

Why is that art. Why is it in an art museum. Who says it s art. Why is it good. Why Is That Art. Third Edition introduces students to theories of art through the presentation of contemporary works that include abstract and representational painting animated film... Lees meer.

The Other source of fear and fascination emblem of difference demonized and romanticized. Theories of alterity and cultural diversity abound in the contemporary academic landscape. Victor Segalen s early attempt to theorize the exotic is a crucial reference point for... Lees meer.

What is steampunk and why are people across the globe eagerly embracing its neo-Victorian aesthetic. Old-fashioned eye goggles lace corsets leather vests brass gears and gadgets mechanical clocks the look appears across popular culture in movies art fashion an... Lees meer.

What can philosophy reveal about painting and how might it deepen our understanding of this enduring art form. Philosophy of Painting investigates the complex relationship between the painted surface and the depicted subject opening up current debates to address quest... Lees meer.

Showcases written and visual contributions by Iraqi artists writers poets filmmakers photographers and activists. Contributors explore the way Iraqis retain subvert and produce art and activism as ways of coping with despair and resisting chaos and destruction.... Lees meer.

TWO-VOLUME SET. Buy volume 4 I 4 II together for only 99 90 instead of 119. Volume 4 I - Textes dispers s I. esth tiques et th orie de l art Miscellaneaous Texts I. Aetshetics and Theory of Art This fourth volume in the series devoted to Jean-Fran ois... Lees meer.

Reveals the artistic subjectivity of the scientific notion of depression. According to the National Institute of Mental Health more than half of the world s population will have a depressive disorder at some point in their lifetimes. In The Aesthetics of Disengageme... Lees meer.

This important new contribution to studies on authorship and film explores the ways in which shared and disputed opinions on aesthetic quality originality and authorial essence have shaped receptions of Lynch s films. It is also the first book to approach David Lynch... Lees meer.

Shows the relevance of Schiller s thought for contemporary philosophy particularly aesthetics ethics and politics. This book seeks to draw attention to Friedrich Schiller 1759 1805 as a philosophical thinker in his own right. For too long his philosophical cont... Lees meer.

Imperfect Fit. Aesthetic Function Facture and Perception in Art and Writing since 1950 is an expansive and incisive examination of the patterns of connectedness in contemporary art and poetry. Allen Fisher a highly accomplished poet painter critic and art histori... Lees meer.

The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply art criticism nor critical essays Cixous responds to these artworks as a p... Lees meer.

As film and television become ever more focused on the pornographic gaze of the camera the human body undergoes a metamorphosis becoming both landscape and building part of an architectonic design in which the erotics of the body spread beyond the body itself to infl... Lees meer.

Cinema was the most important new artistic medium of the twentieth century and modernism was the most important new aesthetic movement across the arts in the twentieth century. However what exactly is the relationship between cinema and modernism. Cinematic Modernism a... Lees meer.