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Collects 100 key writings by Peter Schjeldahl spanning thirty years, his last twenty as the art critic of the "New Yorker." In this unfailingly lucid guide to an art world in constant, dramatic flux, Schjeldahl addresses new artists and Old Masters with the same pitch of acuity, empathy, and wit. No other writer enhances the reader's experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as he does, with reviews that are as much essay a criticism. Implicit...
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A hand-signed porcelain urinal. An abstract drip painting. A silent 700 hour performance. Art has changed since the days of Giotto, Michelangelo, and even Picasso--and many of us are perplexed. Do modern and contemporary artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, and Marina Abramovic represent civilization's highest achievements? Or is something else afoot? Art critic Lance Esplund demonstrates that works of modern and contemporary art are not...
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Design students today are more visually literate than ever before, and their learning style naturally favors the visual over the textual. So why should they learn art and design theory from a traditional textbook? The only guide of its kind, Line Color Form offers a thorough introduction to design theory and terminology in a visually appealing and accessible format. With hundreds of illustrations and minimal text, this primer was created with...
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It is remarkably appropriate that this work on aesthetics should have been written by George Santayana, who is probably the most brilliant philosophic writer and the philosopher with the strongest sense of beauty since Plato. It is not a dry metaphysical treatise, as works on aesthetics so often are, but is itself a fascinating document: as much a revelation of the beauty of language as of the concept of beauty.
This unabridged reproduction of the...
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In "Concerning the Spiritual in Art," Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art, invites you to embark on a profound exploration of the spiritual dimension of artistic expression. With his deep understanding of the intersection between art and spirituality, Kandinsky uncovers the veiled secrets that lie beneath the surface of every stroke and every hue.
Through a series of captivating essays, Kandinsky delves into the importance of inner necessity,...
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Art critic, philosopher, and winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award Arthur Danto delivers a compact, masterful tour of Andy Warhol's personal, artistic, and philosophical transformations. Danto traces the evolution of the pop artist, including his early reception, relationships with artists such as Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, and the Factory phenomenon. He offers close readings of individual Warhol works, including their social context...
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En este polémico y desafiante conjunto de ensayos, el joven fundador y ex director del Palais de Tokyo parisino, Nicolas Bourriaud -autor del libro recientemente reeditado por Adriana Hidalgo, 'Postproducción'- precisa el sistema de ideas y el funcionamiento de un nuevo paradigma artístico destinado a interactuar en la esfera de las relaciones sociales.
Las teorizaciones que recorren 'Estética relacional' surgen precisamente a partir del conocimiento...
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Subtitled "Being Simple Studies on Christian Art for English Travellers," Ruskin uses this 1877 work to advise pilgrims to Italy on what works of art to see during a limited time. His casual stroll conducts readers through the gates and basilicas of the city to ponder the genius of Giotto, Ghirlandajo, Boticelli, and others.
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En el libro Cuadernos Amest # 3 titulado "Estética de las imágenes y sus representaciones sociales" se presenta un estudio de la incidencia de las formas estéticas en diversas expresiones culturales y amplía el acercamiento a las formas sensibles en las sociedades contemporáneas.
La pertinencia del texto es presentar, desde diversas especialidades disciplinares, la posible decodificación de estas imágenes con el fin de liberar la experiencia...
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It is a peculiar moment for art, as it becomes both increasingly rarefied and associated with elite lifestyle culture, while simultaneously ubiquitous, with the boom of "creative" industries and the proliferation of new technologies for making art. In these important essays, Ben Davis covers everything from Instagram to artificial intelligence, eco-art to cultural appropriation. Critical, insightful, and hopeful even in the face of the apocalyptic,...
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Arte y política son ámbitos fuertemente interconectados, se atraen y se repelen, dibujan continuidades y provocan rupturas, y los ensayos que se recogen en el presente volumen se hallan sujetos a la tensión entre estas fuerzas.
Ya sea como reflexión sobre la condición contemporánea, sobre la práctica artística o sobre los límites y la potencialidad del museo, cada uno de los escritos se halla situado en el tiempo y el espacio, y todos ellos...
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En consideración a los sesgos en la historia del arte, El arte como revolución recupera la historia del Instituto de Arte Latinoamericano, sus actividades, debates artísticos y culturales, y las redes de influencia que tuvo en el concierto latinoamericano. Este instituto, que surgió de las reformas de la Universidad de Chile a fines de la década de los sesenta y
que se fortaleció con la llegada a la presidencia de la república de Salvador Allende,...
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Este libro insiste en una pregunta actual e intempestiva, luego de tantos diagnósticos que la daban por agotada en todas sus fases: la pregunta por el arte. Pero al mismo tiempo, a través de ese objeto, su autor abre una pesquisa sobre el sistema del mundo contemporáneo y logra colocar a la crítica de arte sobre la tela de fondo de una filosofía, de una ciencia política, de una economía que utiliza para comprender la magnitud que alcanza la...
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La caída de París durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial marca un punto de quiebre en la historia cultural: el mundo del arte se convierte en un espacio sin centro.
Con la Europa devastada, el impulso utópico, la imaginación de que era posible delinear un futuro para las formas, se traslada y comienza a producirse en escenarios diversos. Tras la posguerra, y especialmente desde los años sesenta, la transformación de los lenguajes propia de las vanguardias...
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This collection of short essays honors groundbreaking artists who, with a few exceptions, work or exhibit in the Northwest.
They range from world renowned painters like Jacob Lawrence to young artists just beginning their careers. They are African American, Latinx, Asian, Native and White artists working in a wide range of media including installations, paintings, sculpture, and unclassifiable mixed media. These artists create intimate altars and...
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En Colombia se dice que "los ricos quieren ser europeos, las clases medias norteamericanas y los pobres mexicanos". Este libro explora el origen de este estereotipo en la presencia de las industrias culturales extranjeras, especialmente el cine en la primera mitad del siglo XX en la capital bogotana. Estas se convirtieron en instrumentos de segregación en las nuevas condiciones urbanas, para profundizar la estigmatización discursiva entre las clases...
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Even after 400 years we are still fascinated, not only by the works attributed to William Shakespeare, but as to whether he actually was the true author. Many Shakespearean scholars regard any questioning of the true authorship as merely fringe belief and largely disparage the claims that Shakespeare was a front for the real author. Douglas Baker uses a completely new approach to unlock the mysteries surrounding the authorship of the so-called Shakespearean...
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This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decoration of churches and homes during the early 20th century. However, he is also considered an important Romantic writer and pioneer of the modern fantasy...
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A Western Marxist reading of contemporary art, focusing on the question of the continued presence (or absence) of the avant-garde's transgressive impulse.
Taking art's ability to contribute to radical social transformation as its point of departure, Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen's new title from Zero Books analyses the relationship between the current neoliberal hegemony and contemporary art, including relational aesthetics and interventionist art, new institutionalism...
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This 1866 book is comprised of the lectures that Ruskin gave to various girls' schools on the fundamentals of mineralogy. Rather than in a lecture format, however, the information is conveyed in the form of a delightful dialogue between Ruskin and his students. Interesting and engaging.
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