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Tracing the revolutionary creation of what art historian Stephen Eisenman calls "a highly individualized, noble portrait of an African man," Art of the Amistad and The Portrait of Cinqu is built around visual and material culture, and thus does not use images merely as illust...

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Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists think ever more strategically about how to advance their careers. Art is no longer simply made, but packaged, sold, and branded. In Art of the Deal, Noah Horowi

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Art Talk is a stimulating collection of interviews conducted by noted art critics of the most influential and innovative artists of the early 1980s. These interviews explore central themes of contemp

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Explores the relationship between industry and the visual arts in the long nineteenth century, using new research to reveal surprising collaborations between craftspeople, inventors, engineers and educators. -- .

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Explores the relationship between industry and the visual arts in the long nineteenth century, using new research to reveal surprising collaborations between craftspeople, inventors, engineers and educators. -- .

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In describing their personal encounters with works that have stayed with them, scholars and artists here address the aesthetic, philosophical, and historical reasons that inform what T. Eliot has called, great art's "experience both of a moment and of a lifetime."

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Examines how the concepts of 'home', 'migration' and 'belonging' can be used to contextualise contemporary art practices and visual culture.

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This book is a scholarly and lively account of the interactions between art and ethnography in Paris in the pre-WW2 period, drawing upon a diverse range of primary and archival materials: non-western art, anthropological expeditions, museum displays and works by artists in Paris. -- .

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This lively anthology explores the impact of the art, images and ideas associated with Maoism on artistic practices around the world from 1945 to the present. It establishes that the chameleonic appearances of global Maoism deserve a more prominent place in the study of art history. -- .

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This lively anthology explores the impact of the art, images and ideas associated with Maoism on artistic practices around the world from 1945 to the present. It establishes that the chameleonic appearances of global Maoism deserve a more prominent place in the study of art history. -- .

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A study of the social and cultural context of a women's vocational art school, the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Nina de Angeli Walls provides an unusual view of the history of higher education for women and the history of American art.

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An important new monograph relating Hegel's aesthetics to his philosophies of religion and history and, in particular, his philosophy of right.

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A monograph that relates Hegel's aesthetics to his philosophies of religion and history and, in particular, his philosophy of right. It develops the idea that these transcripts show that Hegel was primarily interested in understanding art as an historical phenomenon and, in terms of its function in human history.

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A radical and original book showing how art can provide both practices of communing and a language of anti-capitalist critique.

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A radical and original book showing how art can provide both practices of communing and a language of anti-capitalist critique.

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Our understanding of art has undergone several major upheavals over the years. This book explores what art in its broadest sense - from Aboriginal work to the Western art market, from the role of museums to media interactivity, and from the mainstream to the radical. It is suitable for students, practicing artists and general readers alike.

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Examines various approaches to art as ritual, as a form of diagrammatic writing, as a symptom of a cultural moment, as a commodity, and as an agent of change. This book explores what art, in its broadest sense from Aboriginal work to the Western art market, from the role of museums to media interactivity, means today.