Criticism & Theory
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Borealis
$14.95 Add to cartArt about glaciers, queer relationships, political anxiety, and the meaning of Blackness in open space–Borealis is a shapeshifting logbook of Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s experiences moving through the Ala
- Series: Spatial Species
- Author: Sabatini Sloan, Aisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1566896193
- Language: English
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Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-Five Paintings to Change the Way You Live
$21.00 Add to cartA book to help you achieve mindfulness and practice meditation while looking at the world’s greatest works of art.
Psychiatrist and leading meditation practitioner Christophe Andr guides you through- Author: Andre, Christophe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0399575944
- Language: English
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Black: The History of a Color
$35.00 Add to cartThe story of the color black in art, fashion, and culture–from the beginning of history to the twenty-first century
Black–favorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion desig- Author: Pastoureau, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: November 16 2008
- ISBN10: 069113930X
- Language: English
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Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo?
$20.00 Add to cartWho Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo? is an exhilarating, course-correcting account about one of the most iconic sculptures ever created.
Carved by an obscure Greek sculptor, Alexandros of Antioch,
- Author: Cousineau, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: December 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798868926587
- Language: English
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Jim Henson and Philosophy: Imagination and the Magic of Mayhem
$29.93 Add to cartJim Henson’s creations have inspired generations with characters that are among the world’s most recognizable cultural icons. Henson’s legacy endures because he never shied away from exploring deep qu… [more below]
- Author: Dale, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 1442246642
- Language: English
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
$28.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST – NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER – ONE OF TIME‘S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE – A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly orig… [more below]
- Author: Hong, Cathy Park
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1984820362
- Language: English
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Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through
$16.95 Add to cartW. G. Sebald meets Maggie Nelson in an autobiographical narrative of embodiment, visual art, history, and loss.
- Author: Fleischmann, T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1566895472
- Language: English
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Surrealism
$20.00 Add to cartWith Salvador Dalà as its figurehead, the great ship of Surrealism traversed the turbulent seas of the early 20th century with sails billowing with dreams and desires. Inspired by the psychoanalytica
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Klingsöhr-Leroy, Cathrin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 14 2015
- ISBN10: 3836506734
- Language: English
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The Photograph as Contemporary Art
$24.95 Add to cartIn the twenty-first century, photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a leg
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Cotton, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0500204489
- Language: English
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Rapunzel’s Supermarket: All about Young Children and Their Art
$39.95 Read moreRapunzel’s Supermarket[All about Young Children and Their Art] [RAPUNZELS SUPERMARKET 2/E] [Paperback]
- Author: Kolbe, Ursula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 135
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 097577221X
- Language: English
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
$9.95 Add to cartA pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonob
- Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
- Author: Kandinsky, Wassily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 01 1977
- ISBN10: 0486234118
- Language: English
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Track Changes: A Handbook for Art Criticism
$19.00 Read moreCollecting case studies, conversations, manifestos, and reflections on the technical and ethical choices that writers and editors face, Track Changes is a rigorous, practical, and supportive guide to … [more below]
- Author: Dayal, Mira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1736507915
- Language: English
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Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form
$28.99 Add to cartIn Reinventing Comics–the new century manifesto on the many futures of comics art–the renowned author of Understanding Comics takes a fascinating look at how imagination and technology are revolutio
- Author: McCloud, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 25 2000
- ISBN10: 0060953500
- Language: English
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Secret Knowledge (New and Expanded Edition): Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters
$60.00 Add to cartJoin one of the most influential artists of our time as he investigates the painting techniques of the Old Masters. Hockney’s extensive research led him to conclude that artists such as Caravaggio, Ve… [more below]
- Author: Hockney, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 05 2006
- ISBN10: 0142005126
- Language: English
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The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
$45.00 Add to cartFrom former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art
What is the work of art? In- Author: Moss, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 059329758X
- Language: English
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What Is Art?
$16.00 Read moreThis profound analysis of the nature of art is the culmination of a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice, and religion. Considering and rejecting the idea that art revea… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Tolstoy, Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0140446427
- Language: English
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The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty and Other Matters: 30th Anniversary Edition
$27.95 Read more“If this book of shocking intelligence and moral hope is read widely and above all well, word for word, it will help the world.” –Peter Schjeldahl
An expanded edition of Hickey’s controversial and exq
- Author: Hickey, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987596500
- Language: English
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Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York
$20.00 Add to cartA National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of Vogue‘s Best Books of the Year
A dazzling biography of one of the twentieth century’s most respected painters, Helen Frankenthaler, as she came of age- Author: Nemerov, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0525560203
- Language: English
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The Art Spirit
$19.99 Add to cartA classic work of advice, criticism, and inspiration for aspiring artists and lovers of art
“Art when really understood is the province of every human being.” So begins The Art Spirit, the collected- Author: Henri, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 27 2007
- ISBN10: 0465002633
- Language: English
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Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision
$15.95 Add to cartSerious working artists are the intended audience of this collection of short essays that clarify common expressive and personal problems that many artists encounter, including the fear of being clich… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0972872329
- Language: English
