Theory of Art Books

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1. Last Experiences of Painting

   By Joseph Leo Koerner

   August 2011 | 978-0-415-96444-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. The Contemporary Visual Studies Reader

   Edited by JAMES ELKINS

   May 2011 | 978-0-415-87794-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Critical Realism and Creativity

   By Lee Martin

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-57410-5 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. What Photography Is

   By James Elkins

   In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner that he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. Elkins argues that photograpy is also about meaninglessness—its apparently endless capacity to...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-99569-6 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Art and Phenomenology

   Edited by Joseph Parry

   Philosophy of art is traditionally concerned with the definition, appreciation and value of art. Through a close examination of art from recent centuries, Art and Phenomenology is one of the first books to explore visual art as a mode of experiencing the world itself, showing how in the words of...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-77450-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Cross-Cultural Issues in Art: Frames for Understanding

   By Steven Leuthold

   Cross-Cultural Issues in Art provides an engaging introduction to aesthetic concepts, expanding the discussion beyond the usual Western theorists and Western examples. Steven Leuthold discusses both contemporary and historical issues and examples, incorporating a range of detailed case studies...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-57800-4 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Art as Abstract Machine: Ontology and Aesthetics in Deleuze and Guattari

   By Stephen Zepke

   The aim of this book is to understand what Deleuze and Guattari mean by "art." Stephen Zepke argues that art, in their account, is an ontological term and an ontological practice that results in a new understanding of aesthetics. For Deleuze and Guattari understanding what art "is" means...

   October 2010 | 978-0-415-89006-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Photography: Theoretical Snapshots

   Edited by J.J. Long, Andrea Noble, Edward Welch

   Over the past twenty-five years, photography has moved to centre-stage in the study of visual culture and has established itself in numerous disciplines. This trend has brought with it a diversification in approaches to the study of the photographic image. Photography: Theoretical Snapshots...

   2008 | 978-0-415-47707-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Re-Enchantment

   Edited by James Elkins, David Morgan

   The near-absence of religion from contemporary discourse on art is one of the most fundamental issues in postmodernism. Artists critical of religion can find voices in the art world, but religion itself, including spirituality, is taken to be excluded by the very project of modernism. The sublime,...

   2008 | 978-0-415-96052-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Psyche and the Arts: Jungian Approaches to Music, Architecture, Literature, Painting and Film

    Edited by Susan Rowland

    Does art connect the individual psyche to history and culture? Psyche and the Arts challenges existing ideas about the relationship between Jung and art, and offers exciting new dimensions to key issues such as the role of image in popular culture, and the division of psyche and matter in art form...

    2008 | 978-0-415-43836-0 | Paperback (Routledge)