Visual Worlds

Edited by John R. Hall, Blake Stimson, Lisa Tamiris Becker

As many observers have noted, the world is becoming increasingly visually mediated, with the rise of computers and the internet being central factors in the...

Published August 25th 2005 by Routledge.

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Master Narratives and their Discontents

By James Elkins

In this bracing engagement with the many versions of art history, James Elkins argues that the story of modernism and postmodernism is almost always told...

Published August 16th 2005 by Routledge.

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Theory for Art History

Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal

By Jae Emerling

Theory for Art History provides clear and concise introductions to thirty key figures of contemporary theory: four essential predecessors – Freud, Marx, Nietzsche, and Saussure – and twenty-six...

Published August 9th 2005 by Routledge.

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Life and Early Works

Edited by William E. Wallace

The volume begins with overviews of Michelangelo's life and work and contains more focused essays on the artist's political thought and his chief biographers, Ascanio...

Published July 27th 2005 by Routledge.

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Writing Back to Modern Art

After Greenberg, Fried and Clark

By Jonathan Harris

Here for the first time is a full-length study of the 'critical modernisms' of the three leading art writers of the second half of the...

Published June 29th 2005 by Routledge.

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Cultural Studies

March, 19.2

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Published May 19th 2005 by Routledge.

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Understanding International Art Markets and Management

Edited by Iain Robertson

This groundbreaking text brings together experts in the field of visual art markets to answer some fundamental questions:

• Is art a good investment?
• Why is the art...

Published May 12th 2005 by Routledge.

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Installation Art

By Claire Bishop

Installation is one of the most popular and widespread forms of contemporary art. Installation Art provides the first clear account of the rise of installation...

Published May 10th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Politics of Heritage

The Legacies of Race

Edited by Jo Littler, Roshi Naidoo

While 'social inclusion' and 'cultural diversity' circulate frenetically as buzzwords, are we really ready to accept that ideas about 'race' and 'ethnicity', rather than being...

Published February 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Modern Art: A Critical Introduction

By Pam Meecham, Julie Sheldon

Modern Art: A Critical Introduction traces the historical and contemporary contexts for understanding modern art movements, and the theories that influenced and attempted to explain...

Published November 25th 2004 by Routledge.

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