Focusing primarily upon books devoted to Renaissance and Baroque art this collection of edited papers addresses the issues raised by the illustration...
PublishedChicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010
The image of a tortured genius working in near isolation has long dominated our conceptions of the artist's studio. Examples abound: think Jackson Pollock...
Hazel Conway introduces the student new to the subject to different areas of design history and shows some of the ways in which it can be studied and...
Colour wreaks havoc with western expectations of biological determinism, objectivity and eugenics. Beyond the cracks of such discursive practice, colour...
Re-envisioning the Contemporary Art Canon: Perspectives in a Global World seeks to dissect and interrogate the nature of the present-day art field, which...
The first major paperback original books on art in almost two decades, aimed at the general reader and students and reflecting the most recent developments...
Often derided as unscientific and self-indulgent, psychoanalysis has been an invaluable resource for artists, art critics and historians throughout the...
PublishedHoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018
Presents a series of original essays by international and interdisciplinary authors who offer a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of...
Design, History and Time reflects on the nature of time in relation to design, in both past and contemporary contexts. In contrast to a traditional design...
In this book Alex Seago argues that it was art and design students who were among the first to be aware of and to articulate the social implications of...