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What terms do we use to describe and evaluate art, and how do we judge if art is good, and if it is for the social good? In How Art Can Be Thought Allan deSouza investigates such questions and the p……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Jane Austen includes all six novels, and Austen's shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and her complete Juvenilia. Jane Austen is famous for her six novels, Sense……続きを見る

一項傾國之力的文明試驗，一股不願被世界拋下的恐懼 漢字書寫 ◆ 科技革命 ◆ 權力運作 中文輸入法的起源，人機互動的先聲 現代資訊科技史上最重要、卻被誤解最深的發明 挑戰字母文字霸權　化不可能為可能 跨越五千……続きを見る

Christian Gauss Award Shortlist Winner of the ASAP Book Prize A Literary Hub Book of the Year “Makes the case that the gimmick…is of tremendous critical value…Lies somewhere between critical theory ……続きを見る

The role of design, both expert and nonexpert, in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability. In a changing world everyone designs: each individual person and each collective subjec……続きを見る

Stewart Andrew McDowall's 'Beauty and the Beast' is a captivating retelling of the classic fairy tale with a modern twist. McDowall's literary style seamlessly merges the traditional elements of the……続きを見る

H. Le Blanc's 'The Art of Tying the Cravat; Demonstrated in sixteen lessons' is a meticulous and engaging guide that offers a comprehensive look into the intricacies of men's fashion during the 19th……続きを見る

In recent decades, the dialogue between art and anthropology has been both intense and controversial. Art, Anthropology and the Gift provides a much-needed and comprehensive overview of this dialogu……続きを見る

Heavy makeup, gaudy jewelry, dramatic hairstyles, and clothes that are considered cheap, fake, too short, too tight, or too masculine: working-class Black and Latina girls and women are often framed……続きを見る

This substantial and ambitious dictionary explores the languages and cultures of visual studies. It provides the basis for understanding the foundations and motivations of current theoretical and ac……続きを見る

In this new and accessible book, Italy's best known feminist philosopher examines the moral and political significance of vertical posture in order to rethink subjectivity in terms of inclination. C……続きを見る

Creating meaningful images goes beyond technique but does not exclude it as a relevant component of this composition. There are spaces for dialogues about image production to take place. I do not in……続きを見る

De-Signing Design: Cartographies of Theory and Practice throws new light on the terrain between theory and practice in transdisciplinary discourses of design and art. The editors, Elizabeth Grierson……続きを見る

Since early 1989, a gem dealer I've known for years has been calling me every few weeks to brief me on mounting mayhem in Colombia's lucrative emerald market. The troubling gist of these calls is al……続きを見る

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books ー also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors ー are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 18……続きを見る

A partir del surgimiento de Internet -e inmersos en un irreversible proceso de digitalización-, hemos visto emerger toda una serie de dinámicas complejas derivadas del accionar de nuevos agenciamien……続きを見る

How human behavior brought our world to the brink, and how human behavior can save us. The world is a mess. Our dire predicament, from collapsing social structures to the climate crisis, has been mi……続きを見る

During the last 30 years, technological, social, economic and environmental changes have brought about the most dramatic evolution to architectural practice that has taken place since the profession……続きを見る

Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many, Grant H. Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of c……続きを見る

一項傾國之力的文明試驗，一股不願被世界拋下的恐懼 漢字書寫 ◆ 科技革命 ◆ 權力運作 中文輸入法的起源，人機互動的先聲 現代資訊科技史上最重要、卻被誤解最深的發明 挑戰字母文字霸權　化不可能為可能 跨越五千……続きを見る

What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental, complex question. Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, What Art Is cha……続きを見る

In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy an……続きを見る

Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg's Stealing Rembrandts is a spellbinding journey into the high-stakes world of art theft Today, art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the w……続きを見る

Why does the artworld often privilege one cultural form over another? Why does it grant more attention to reviews in, say, Artforum over ARTnews? And how can an artist once hailed as visionary be di……続きを見る

Beginning with the first comprehensive account of the discourse of appropriation that dominated the art world in the late 1970s and 1980s, Art After Appropriation suggests a matrix of inflections an……続きを見る

In these ten intertwined essays, one of our most provocative young novelists proves that she is just as stylish and outrageous an art critic. For when Jeanette Winterson looks at works as diverse as……続きを見る

M/E/A/N/I/N/G brings together essays and commentary by over a hundred artists, critics, and poets, culled from the art magazine of the same name. The editorsーartists Susan Bee and Mira Schorーhave ……続きを見る

The new book of articles and opinion from Jonathan Franzen, author of ‘Freedom’ and ‘The Corrections’. Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom’ was the runaway most-discussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and sea……続きを見る

What paintings can teach usーif we can really learn to see them What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we se……続きを見る

For critics, fans, and scholars of drama and film, the laugh has traditionally been tied to comedy, indicating and expressing mirth, witty relief, joyous celebration, or arch and sarcastic parody. B……続きを見る