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Time to play: action and interaction in contemporary art
eBook. English.
Published
London: I.B. Tauris, 2014
Katarzyna Zimna links the theory and history of 20th and 21st century art with ideas developed within play, game and leisure studies, and the philosophical...
Colour, art and empire: visual culture and the nomadism of representation
eBook. English.
Published
London: I.B. Tauris, 2013
Colour wreaks havoc with western expectations of biological determinism, objectivity and eugenics. Beyond the cracks of such discursive practice, colour...
A companion to contemporary art since 1945
eBook. English.
Published
Malden, Mass.; Oxford: Blackwell, 2006
This text features a grand survey of the historical, social, and aesthetic issues relevant to the development of contemporary art since 1945. This ambitious...
The Doppelgaenger
eBook. English.
Published
Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Edition, 2016
New edition
Features essays that explore the phenomenon of the double in multiple aspects of German visual culture, from traditional art forms like painting and classical...
Postmodernism, or, The cultural logic of late capitalism
eBook. English.
Published
Durham, [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1991
Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson's most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism". Jameson's inquiry looks at the postmodern...
A history of the world in 100 objects
eBook. English.
Published
London: Penguin, 2012
Neil MacGregor's radio series 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' has been a unique event that has set a benchmark for public service broadcasting...
The Economics of Contemporary Art: Markets, Strategies and Stardom
eBook. English.
Published
Berlin: Springer, 2013
2013 edition
Adopting a broad-based and systematic approach to its assessment of the market in contemporary art, this survey is rich in economic data and analysis...
Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
eBook. English.
Published
London: Routledge, 1991
1st edition
Simians, Cyborgs and Women is a powerful collection of ten essays written between 1978 and 1989. Although on the surface, simians, cyborgs and women may...
Out of time: music and the making of modernity
eBook. English.
Published
Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2015]
Out of Time explores a bold idea: that western art music of the last four hundred years is better understood through the idea of musical modernity than...
Thinking through fashion: a guide to key theorists
eBook. English.
Published
London: I.B. Tauris, 2016
Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories...
