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  • Art after the Hipster

    Identity Politics, Ethics and Aesthetics

    by Wes Hill ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines the complexities of the hipster through the lens of art history and cultural theory, from Charles Baudelaire’s flâneur to the contemporary “creative” borne from creative industries policies. It claims that the recent ubiquity of hipster culture has led many artists to confront their own significance, responding to the mass artification of contemporary life by de-emphasising the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • How Folklore Shaped Modern Art

    A Post-Critical History of Aesthetics

    by Wes Hill ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
    Since the 1990s, artists and art writers around the world have increasingly undermined the essentialism associated with notions of "critical practice." We can see this manifesting in the renewed relevance of what were previously considered "outsider" art practices, the emphasis on first-person accounts of identity over critical theory, and the proliferation of exhibitions that refuse to ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture

    by R. Malamud ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Conceptual Revolutions in Twentieth-Century Art

    by David W. Galenson ...
    From Picasso's Cubism and Duchamp's readymades to Warhol's silkscreens and Smithson's earthworks, the art of the twentieth century broke completely with earlier artistic traditions. A basic change in the market for advanced art produced a heightened demand for innovation, and young conceptual innovators – from Picasso and Duchamp to Rauschenberg and Warhol to Cindy Sherman and Damien Hirst – ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The (Moving) Pictures Generation

    The Cinematic Impulse in Downtown New York Art and Film

    by V. Dika ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Beginning in the late 1970s, a number of visual artists in downtown New York City returned to an exploration of the cinematic across mediums. Vera Dika considers their work within a greater cultural context and probes for a deeper understanding of the practice. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Expo 67

    Not Just a Souvenir

    Edited by Johanne Sloan, Rhona Richman Kenneally ...
    Expo 67, the world's fair held in Montreal during the summer of 1967, brought architecture, art, design, and technology together into a glittering modern package. Heralding the ideal city of the future to its visitors, the Expo site was perceived by critics as a laboratory for urban and architectural design as well as for cultural exchange, intended to enhance global understanding and ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Animals in the Classical World

    Ethical Perspectives from Greek and Roman Texts

    by A. Harden ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Critical Studies in Art and Design Education

    Edited by Richard Hickman ...
    Series series Readings in Art and Design Education
    This book reviews past practice and theory in critical studies and discusses various trends; some papers keenly advocate a re-conceptualisation of the whole subject area, while others describe aspects of current and past practice which exemplify the 'symbiotic' relationship between practical studio work and critical engagement with visual form. Rod Taylor, who has done much to promote and develop ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Seeing Differently

    A History and Theory of Identification and the Visual Arts

    by Amelia Jones ...
    Seeing Differently offers a history and theory of ideas about identity in relation to visual arts discourses and practices in Euro-American culture, from early modern beliefs that art is an expression of an individual, the painted image a "world picture" expressing a comprehensive and coherent point of view, to the rise of identity politics after WWII in the art world and beyond.The book is both a ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Hogarth’s Art of Animal Cruelty

    Satire, Suffering and Pictorial Propaganda

    by P. Beirne ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyses the animal images used in William Hogarth's art, demonstrating how animals were variously depicted as hybrids, edibles, companions, emblems of satire and objects of cruelty. Beirne offers an important assessment of how Hogarth's various audiences reacted to his gruesome images and ultimately what was meant by 'cruelty'. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Elements of Art Historiography in Medieval Texts

    an analytic study

    Translated by D. Aalders ...
    by E.F. van der Grinten ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

    $49.49 USD

  • Pleading in the Blood

    The Art and Performances of Ron Athey

    Edited by Dominic Johnson ...
    Ron Athey is an iconic figure in contemporary art and performance. In his frequently bloody portrayals of life, death, crisis and fortitude in the time of AIDS, Athey calls into question the limits of artistic practice. These limits enable Athey to explore key themes including gender, sexuality, radical sex, queer activism, post-punk and industrial culture, tattooing and body modification, ritual ... Read more

    $28.79 USD