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41. Stories of Art

    By James Elkins

    Stories of Art is James Elkins's intimate history of art. Concise and original, this engaging book is an antidote to the behemoth art history textbooks from which we were all taught. As he demonstrates so persuasively, there can never be one story of art. Cultures have their own stories - about...

    Published September 26th 2002 by Routledge
42. Race-ing Art History

    Critical Readings in Race and Art History

    Edited by Kymberly N. Pinder

    Published August 8th 2002 by Routledge
43. Theories of Art

    1. From Plato to Winckelmann

    By Moshe Barasch

    Published November 9th 2000 by Routledge
44. Albrecht Durer

    A Guide to Research

    By Jane Campbell Hutchison

    Series: Artist Resource Manuals

    Hutchison's book is a complete guide on Durer and the research on his work, his historical import and his aesthetic legacy....

    Published August 2nd 2000 by Routledge
45. The Architecture of Oppression

    The SS, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy

    By Paul B. Jaskot

    Series: Architext

    This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Through an analysis of such major Nazi building projects as the Nuremberg Party Rally Grounds and the rebuilding of Berlin, Jaskot ties together the...

    Published November 10th 1999 by Routledge
46. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?

    On the Modern Origins of Pictorial Complexity

    By James Elkins

    With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to...

    Published January 27th 1999 by Routledge
47. History of Art

    A Students' Handbook, 4th Edition

    By Marcia Pointon

    History of Art covers training and vocational aspects of Art History, providing a wealth of information on the different kinds of courses available on the relationship between, for example, museum and gallery work and academic Art History....

    Published July 9th 1997 by Routledge
48. Le Corbusier - The Creative Search

    The Formative Years of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret

    By Geoffrey H. Baker

    This book is a unique analysis and explanation of Le Corbusier's early education, his travels in Europe and the East, his buildings and his Purist paintings.As one of the key architects of the twentieth century, Le Corbusier continues to excite and intrigue architects, artists and students. He...

    Published December 20th 1995 by Taylor & Francis
49. J.P. Ball

    Daguerrean and Studio Photographer

    Edited by Deborah Willis

    Published February 28th 1993 by Routledge
50. The Female Nude

    Art, Obscenity and Sexuality

    By Lynda Nead

    Anyone who examines the history of Western art must be struck by the prevalence of images of the female body. More than any other subject, the female nude connotes `art'. The framed image of a female body, hung on the walls of an art gallery, is an icon of Western culture, a symbol of civilization...

    Published December 2nd 1992 by Routledge