Visual Arts Books

New and Published Books

1. 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...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts

   Edited by Michael Biggs, Henrik Karlsson

   The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts is a major collection of new writings on research in the creative and performing arts by leading authorities from around the world. It provides theoretical and practical approaches to identifying, structuring and resolving some of the key issues in...

   Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge
3. Dynamics and Performativity of Imagination

   The Image between the Visible and the Invisible

   Edited by Bernd Huppauf, Christoph Wulf

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the relationship between the imagination and images both material and mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors focus on the role of the...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Professional Issues in Child and Youth Care Practice

   By Kiaras Gharabaghi

   This book provides an overview of the core professional issues in the field of child and youth care practice. The author explores themes ranging from relationships and the exploration of Self to career building and field-specific approaches to management. The book is written from a pragmatic...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
5. Photography: History and Theory

   By Jae Emerling

   Photography: History and Theory introduces students to both the history of photography and critical theory. From its inception in the nineteenth century, photography has instigated a series of theoretical debates. In this new text, Jae Emerling therefore argues that the most insightful way to...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
6. Creativity in Peripheral Places

   Redefining the Creative Industries

   Edited by Chris Gibson

   Creativity is said to be the fuel of the contemporary economy. Dynamic industries such as film, music, television and design have changed the fortunes of entire cities, from Nashville to Los Angeles, Barcelona to Brisbane and beyond. Yet creativity remains mercurial – it is at the heart of...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
7. Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts

   By Leila Koivunen

   Series: Routledge Research in Travel Writing

   This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time,...

   Published September 18th 2011 by Routledge
8. Entering the Picture

   Judy Chicago, The Fresno Feminist Art Program, and the Collective Visions of Women Artists

   Edited by Jill Fields

   Series: New Directions in American History

   In 1970, Judy Chicago and fifteen students founded the groundbreaking Feminist Art Program (FAP) at Fresno State. Drawing upon the consciousness-raising techniques of the women's liberation movement, they created shocking new art forms depicting female experiences. Collaborative work and...

   Published September 13th 2011 by Routledge
9. Documentary

   Witness and Self-Revelation

   By John Ellis

   Digital technologies have transformed documentary for both filmmakers and audiences. Documentary: Witness and Self-Revelation takes an audience-centred approach to documentary, arguing that everyday experiences of what it feels like to film and to be filmed have developed a new sophistication and...

   Published July 19th 2011 by Routledge
10. 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 as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. In the course of an extended imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Elkins...

    Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge