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Learning to Look at Paintings is an accessible guide to the study and appraisa... Learning to Look at Paintings is an accessible guide to the study and appraisal of paintings drawings and prints. Mary Acton shows how you can develop visual analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by analysing... more

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an inform... First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. more

Now in its sixth edition this seminal textbook examines key debates in photogr... Now in its sixth edition this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses it... more

This anthology of G mez-Pe a s performance chronicles diary entries poems essa... This anthology of G mez-Pe a s performance chronicles diary entries poems essays and texts sheds an extraordinary light on the life and work of this migrant provocateur. more

This collection of essays focuses on such topics as the daily experience of te... This collection of essays focuses on such topics as the daily experience of teaching art in today s public schools; the tradition of honoring only the European patriarchal canon; structural change in school policy and curriculum and teaching. more

Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary... Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul... more

This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval Fran... This is an English-language study on the architecture and art of medieval France of the Romanesque and Gothic periods between 1000-1500. In addition to essays on individual monuments there are general discussions of given periods and specific problems... more

Art therapy has grown so fast in the last few decades that it has barely been ... Art therapy has grown so fast in the last few decades that it has barely been able to keep up with itself. Most books in the field have represented the author s interpretations of practicing art therapy. As art therapy continues to grow - not only in... more

This new one-volume edition contains both text and plates and includes correct... This new one-volume edition contains both text and plates and includes corrections in the text and bibliography made since the books publication in 1987. There are concise monographic chapters on the important artists and movements of the period with... more

Theory for Art History provides clear and concise introductions to thirty key ... 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 major moderns from Adorno to Spivak. This book includes key... more

0-8133-1027-X the Soviet Nationality Reader: the Disintegration in Context 0-8133-1027-X the Soviet Nationality Reader: the Disintegration in Context more

A view of artistic development which argues that the Paris-orientated orthodox... A view of artistic development which argues that the Paris-orientated orthodoxy of modern art does not allow for achievements which in the eyes of the author can be fairly called major. Other work by the author includes The Romantic Child and The Jeff... more

First published in 1983. In this comprehensive volume Dr. Di Leo once again br... First published in 1983. In this comprehensive volume Dr. Di Leo once again brings to the reader the fruitful combination of extensive knowledge of children s drawings and an approach to the subject that is intimate and humane but highly sophisticated.... more

A leading critic and historian of nineteenth-century art and society explores ... A leading critic and historian of nineteenth-century art and society explores in nine essays the interaction of art society ideas and politics. more

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an inform... First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. more

A classic work in art education by one of the field s most thoughtful practiti... A classic work in art education by one of the field s most thoughtful practitioners. more

A survey of modern art from the Impressionists to the present with a new chapt... A survey of modern art from the Impressionists to the present with a new chapter on the art of the seventies and eighties and corrections and revisions in the text. more

The New Art History provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental c... The New Art History provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental changes which have occurred in both the institutions and practice of art history over the last thirty years. Jonathan Harris examines and accounts for the new approaches to... more

Art historian Laurie Schneider Adams brings to students a vibrant and engaging... Art historian Laurie Schneider Adams brings to students a vibrant and engaging presentation of Renaissance art history that is supported by up-to-date scholarship and methodology. The text opens with the late Byzantine work of Cimabue and concludes... more

A sequel to the pioneering volume Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Li... A sequel to the pioneering volume Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany published in 1982 The Expanding Discourse contains 29 essays on artists and issues from the Renaissance to the present representing some of the best feminist... more