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  • Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism.One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as “a progress…
    On Photography

    On Photography

    By Susan Sontag rating of short cover   ( 7111 customer ratings) Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2011 ISBN: 9781429957113 Art & Architecture, Photography Language:  English
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  • Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay, David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being transformed…
    After Art

    After Art

    POINT: Essays on Architecture By David Joselit rating of short cover   ( 10 customer ratings) Princeton University Press, October 2012 ISBN: 9781400845149 Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science Language:  English
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  • This unparalleled study of early Eastern and Western philosophy challenges every existing belief about the foundations of Western civilization. Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book…
    The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

    The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

    By Thomas McEvilley rating of short cover   ( 35 customer ratings) Skyhorse Publishing, February 2012 ISBN: 9781581159332 General Art, Criticism Language:  English
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  • In the perennial best-seller Art & Fear, Ted Orland (with David Bayles) examined the obstacles that artists encounter each time they enter their studio and stand before a new blank canvas. Now, in The…
    The View From The Studio Door

    The View From The Studio Door - How Artists Find Their Way In An Uncertain World

    By Ted Orland rating of short cover   ( 55 customer ratings) Image Continuum Press, April 2006 ISBN: 9780961454760 Self Improvement, Creativity Language:  English
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  • 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 and…
    But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory

    But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory

    By Cynthia Freeland OUP Oxford, February 2001 ISBN: 9780191504259 General Art, Criticism Language:  English
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  • Renowned designer, author, critic, co-chair of SVA’s MFA program in design and National Design Award recipient Steven Heller reaches into the most contemplative recesses of his mind to offer an…
    Design Cult

    Design Cult

    By Steven Heller DesignFile, January 2013 ISBN: 9780910503662 General Art, Criticism Language:  English
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  • From Holbein to Hockney, from Norman Rockwell to Pablo Picasso, from sixteenth-century Rome to 1980s SoHo, Robert Hughes looks with love, loathing, warmth, wit and authority at a wide range of art and…
    Nothing If Not Critical

    Nothing If Not Critical - Essays on Art and Artists

    By Robert Hughes rating of short cover   ( 269 customer ratings) Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, February 2012 ISBN: 9780307809599 Biography & Memoir, Artists, Architects & Photographers Language:  English
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  • Why do we need new art? How free is the artist in making? And why is the artist, and particularly the poet, a figure of freedom in Western culture? The MacArthur Award–winning poet and critic Susan…
    The Poet's Freedom

    The Poet's Freedom - A Notebook on Making

    By Susan Stewart University of Chicago Press, October 2011 ISBN: 9780226773841 Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism Language:  English
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  • "Clement Greenberg is, internationally, the best-known American art critic popularly considered to be the man who put American vanguard painting and sculpture on the world map. . . . An important book…
    Art and Culture

    Art and Culture - Critical Essays

    By Clement Greenberg rating of short cover   ( 116 customer ratings) Beacon Press, June 1971 ISBN: 9780807097021 General Art, Study & Teaching Language:  English
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  • The 23 essays (or "love songs") that make up the now classic volume Air Guitar trawl a "vast, invisible underground empire" of pleasure, through record stores, honky-tonks, art galleries, jazz clubs…
    Air Guitar

    Air Guitar

    By Dave Hickey rating of short cover   ( 981 customer ratings) Art Issues Press, August 2012 ISBN: 9780963726483 General Art, Criticism Language:  English
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