The arts: general topics Books
The University of Chicago Press Aesthetics at Large Volume 1 Art Ethics Politics
Book SynopsisImmanuel Kant's Critique of Judgment, Thierry de Duve argues in the first volume of Aesthetics at Large, is as relevant to the appreciation of art today as it was to the enjoyment of beautiful nature in 1790. Going against the grain of all aesthetic theories situated in the Hegelian tradition, this provocative thesis, which already guided de Duve's groundbreaking book Kant After Duchamp (1996), is here pursued in order to demonstrate that far from confining aesthetics to a stifling formalism isolated from all worldly concerns, Kant's guidance urgently opens the understanding of art onto ethics and politics. Central to de Duve's re-reading of the Critique of Judgment is Kant's idea of sensus communis, ultimately interpreted as the mere yet necessary idea that human beings are capable of living in peace with one another. De Duve pushes Kant's skepticism to its limits by submitting the idea of sensus communis to various tests leading to questions such as: Do artists speak on behal
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press The Controversy of Renaissance Art
Book SynopsisA study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps.Trade Review"Alexander Nagel's account of the underappreciated radicality of Renaissance aesthetic experiments is packed with solid research, original interpretive insights, and flashes of poetry. This is a substantial, well-written, and much-needed book that will make a major impact on the field." - Rebecca Zorach, University of Chicago"
£61.75
The University of Chicago Press The Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek
Book SynopsisIn the fifth century BCE, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed the ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. This title tells the story of Greek sculpture. It provides the ways to understand classical sculpture in Greek terms, and analyzes the relationship between political and stylistic histories.Trade Review"This is a big and ambitious volume, beautifully written by one of the leading new voices in the field of Greek visual art. From its rich and challenging introduction on the theory of interpretation to its brilliant reading of the Tyrranicides, this work is unlike any other in its field." - James I. Porter, University of California, Irvine"
£76.00
University of Chicago Press Monuments and Memory Made and Unmade
Book SynopsisExamining how monuments preserve memory, these essays demonstrate how phenomena as diverse as ancient drum towers in China and ritual whale killings in the Pacific Northwest serve to represent and negotiate time.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Dewey for Artists
Book SynopsisJohn Dewey is known as a pragmatic philosopher and progressive architect of American educational reform, but some of his most important contributions came in his thinking about art. Dewey argued that there is strong social value to be found in art, and it is artists who often most challenge our preconceived notions. Dewey for Artists shows us how Dewey advocated for an art of democracy. Identifying the audience as co-creator of a work of art by virtue of their experience, he made space for public participation. Moreover, he believed that societies only becomeand remaintruly democratic if its citizens embrace democracy itself as a creative act, and in this he advocatedfor the social participation of artists. Throughout the book, Mary Jane Jacob draws on the experiences of contemporary artists who have modeled Dewey's principles within their practices. We see how their work springs from deeply held values. We see, too, how carefully considered curatorial practice can addr
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Dewey for Artists
Book SynopsisJohn Dewey is known as a pragmatic philosopher and progressive architect of American educational reform, but some of his most important contributions came in his thinking about art. Dewey argued that there is strong social value to be found in art, and it is artists who often most challenge our preconceived notions. Dewey for Artists shows us how Dewey advocated for an art of democracy. Identifying the audience as co-creator of a work of art by virtue of their experience, he made space for public participation. Moreover, he believed that societies only becomeand remaintruly democratic if its citizens embrace democracy itself as a creative act, and in this he advocatedfor the social participation of artists. Throughout the book, Mary Jane Jacob draws on the experiences of contemporary artists who have modeled Dewey's principles within their practices. We see how their work springs from deeply held values. We see, too, how carefully considered curatorial practice can addr
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press The Science of Describing
Book SynopsisDrawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, this book reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists.Trade Review"In this beautifully illustrated, fascinating book, Brian Ogilvie shows how the natural sciences developed in a vigorous and quite different way to the experimentalism of the 'hard' sciences." - Adrian Barnett, New Scientist "Ogilvie shows that history has much to teach us.... [He] has done more than just write about the Renaissance science of describing; he has written the story of how science constantly reinvents itself, seen through the lens of the pre-Linnaeans." - Sandra Knapp, Nature "A book that... breaks with tradition even as it builds on it. Brian Ogilvie argues convincingly that we need to discard, once and for all, the idea that natural history remained largely static from the era of Aristotle until the birth of the modern world." - Jim Endersby, Times Literary Supplement"
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Trustees of Culture Power Wealth and Status on
Book Synopsis
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press On the Animation of the Inorganic Art
Book SynopsisThroughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. This book examines ideas about simulated movement and inorganic life during and after the turn of the twentieth century - a period of great technical innovation whose effects continue to reverberate today.
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Philosophy of Improvisation
Book SynopsisImprovisation is usually either lionized as an ecstatic experience of being in the moment or disparaged as the thoughtless recycling of cliches. Eschewing both of these orthodoxies, this title considers the improvised dimension of philosophy itself in order to elaborate an innovative concept of improvisation.Trade Review"This is an unusual book on improvisation: a genuinely philosophical contribution to the literature.... It's impossible to summarize the book's many ingenious arguments in the space of a short review - this is a rich and intriguing discussion." (Wire) "This aptly titled work considers not the how-to of improvisation but rather the motivations and meaning behind spontaneous creation.... A work for anyone who teaches or wishes to reflect on the creative process." (Choice)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Philosophy of Improvisation
Book SynopsisImprovisation is usually either lionized as an ecstatic experience of being in the moment or disparaged as the thoughtless recycling of cliches. Eschewing both of these orthodoxies, this title considers the improvised dimension of philosophy itself in order to elaborate an innovative concept of improvisation.Trade Review"This is an unusual book on improvisation: a genuinely philosophical contribution to the literature.... It's impossible to summarize the book's many ingenious arguments in the space of a short review - this is a rich and intriguing discussion." (Wire) "This aptly titled work considers not the how-to of improvisation but rather the motivations and meaning behind spontaneous creation.... A work for anyone who teaches or wishes to reflect on the creative process." (Choice)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Paris Primitive
Book SynopsisRecounts the massive reconfiguration of Paris' museum world that resulted from Jacques Chirac's dream, set against a backdrop of personal and national politics, intellectual life, and the role of culture in French society.Trade Review"Sally Price has a gift for capturing the tone and spirit with which people choose to represent themselves. This is a well-told story that represents a major contribution to the field and offers an accessible introduction to some key issues in museum politics." - Christopher B. Steiner, author of African Art in Transit"
£24.00
University of Chicago Press Victorian Bookbindings Rev VT
Book Synopsis
£67.44
University of Chicago Press French Drawings Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press Italian Drawings of the Eighteenth Nineteenth
Book Synopsis
£116.28
University of Chicago Press American Prints 18701950 VT v. 10 Chicago Visual
Book Synopsis
£39.60
University of Chicago Press Decorative Architectural Arts in Chicago
Book Synopsis
£146.44
University of Chicago Press PreColumbian Art VT
Book Synopsis
£61.56
University of Chicago Press Cornhusk Bags of the Plateau Indians
Book Synopsis
£55.10
University of Chicago Press French Popular Lithographic Imagery V 3 Urban
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press French Popular Lithographic Imagery V 6 Piety
Book SynopsisThe "French Popular Lithographic Imagery, 1815-1870"series reproduces in twelve volumes approximately 5000 nineteenth-century lithographs from the collections of the Bibliotheque nationale.Beatrice Farwell's multivolume text-fiche catalogis an essential resource to art historians and will appeal to all those interested in nineteenth-century France."
£182.40
University of Chicago Press French Popular Lithographic Imagery V 7 Love
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press French Popular Lithographic Imagery V 8
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press French Popular Lithographic Imagery V 9
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press French Popular Lithographic Imagery V10 Tourism
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press British Masters of the Albumen Print VT A
Book Synopsis
£92.34
University of Chicago Press Old Master Drawings at Holkham Hall VT
Book Synopsis
£297.54
University of Chicago Press American Art in the Barbizon Mood VT
Book Synopsis
£54.72
University of Chicago Press Drawings of Johan Tobias Sergel. Per Bjurstrom
Book Synopsis
£70.30
University of Chicago Press Pennsylvania German Art 16831850 VT No. 43
Book Synopsis
£182.40
University of Chicago Press A Collection in the Making VT No. 8 Chicago
Book Synopsis
£92.34
The University of Chicago Press Making Memory Matter Strategies of Remembrance
Book SynopsisIn an ancient account of painting's origins, a woman traces the shadow of her departing lover on the wall in an act that anticipates future grief and commemoration. Lisa Saltzman shows here that nearly two thousand years after this story was first told, contemporary artists are returning to similar strategies of remembrance, ranging from vaudevillian silhouettes and sepulchral casts to incinerated architectures and ghostly processions.Exploring these artists' work, Saltzman demonstrates that their methods have now eclipsed painting and traditional sculpture as preeminent forms of visual representation. She pays particular attention to the groundbreaking art of Krzysztof Wodiczko, who is known for his projections of historical subjects; Kara Walker, who creates powerful silhouetted images of racial violence in American history; and Rachel Whiteread, whose work centers on making casts of empty interior spaces. Each of the artists Saltzman discusses is struggling with the roles that histo
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Making Memory Matter Strategies of Remembrance in
Book Synopsis
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press Philip Johnson Life and Work
Book SynopsisDrawing on Philip Johnsons correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, this biography presents information and discussion of the architect's family, travels and friends, as well as his many buildings and spaces.
£35.15
The University of Chicago Press Parit233 Sexual Equality and the Crisis of
Book SynopsisFrance is in the throes of a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In this book, the author shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics.
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Legends in Limestone LazarusGislebertus and the
Book SynopsisWhereas 12th-century pilgrims flocked to the church of St-Lazare in Autun to visit the relics of its patron saint, present-day pilgrims journey there to admire its superb sculpture, said to have been created by Gislebertus. These two cults, of sculptor and of saint, form the basis for this study.
£999.99
The University of Chicago Press WritingsInterviews
Book SynopsisFrom essays like Extended Notes from Sight Point Road to Serra's extended commentary on the Tilted Arc fiasco, the pieces in this volume comprise a document of one artist's engagement with the practical, philosophical and political problems of art.
£31.35
The University of Chicago Press Archaeologies of Vision Foucault and Nietzsche on
Book SynopsisShapiro explores the whole range of Foucault's writing on visual art, including the theory of visual resistance. He also examines the significance of Nietzsche's understanding of visual dimensions in the theatre and opera,
£34.20
The University of Chicago Press Romanesque Architectural Sculpture The Charles
Book SynopsisMeyer Schapiro (1904-96), renowned for his critical essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century painting, also played a decisive role as a young scholar in defining the style of art and architecture known as Romanesque. And, appropriately, when he was invited to deliver the prestigious Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard, he chose Romanesque architectural sculpture as his topic. These lectures, acclaimed for the verve and freshness with which Schapiro delivered them, languished unpublished for decades. But Linda Seidel, who knew Schapiro well and attended the 1967 lectures, has now expertly transcribed and edited them, presenting them for the first time to an audience beyond the halls of Harvard.In editing the lectures, Seidel closely followed the recordings of the originals. Sentences are rendered as Schapiro spoke them, affording readers a unique opportunity to experience the legendary teacher as he rarely appears in print: forming his thoughts spontaneously, interrupting himself to develop related ideas, and responding to the audience's interests by introducing humorous asides. Nonetheless, these lectures are carefully constructed, demonstrating Schapiro's commitment to the originality and value of artistic production and affirming his lifelong belief in artists' engagement with their cultures. Amply illustrated with many key works and augmented with Seidel's indispensable introduction, this long-awaited volume will delight students and scholars of art history, as well as anyone interested in seeing a new side of a profoundly influential mind.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press The Exceptional Woman Elisabeth VigeeLebrun and
Book SynopsisA court-painter to Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun was rediscovered in the 1970s as part of the "hidden feminist heritage". This text uses her career to explore the position of "woman-artist" in the moral, philosophical, professional and medical debates about women in 18th-century France.
£38.00
The University of Chicago Press Moved by Love
Book SynopsisExplores the complex interrelationships among creativity, sexuality, the body, and the mind in eighteenth-century France. This work examines the different forms of deviance ascribed to male and female artists. It also demonstrates that the perceived connections among sexuality, creativity, and disease also opened artistic opportunities for women.Trade Review"[Sheriff's] Exceptional Woman and Fragonard are already essential reading for anyone interested in the art and culture of 18th-century Europe, and Moved By Love promises to join those books on the shelves of scholars and students everywhere." - David T. Gies, Virginia Quarterly Review"
£27.00
The University of Chicago Press What is Contemporary Art
Book SynopsisWho gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how these groups have shaped multifaceted definition, this title shows that a historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What Is Contemporary Art?Trade Review"What is Contemporary Art? far surpasses other books that have sought to grapple with the question. Terry Smith's voice is strong and convincing, his arguments are clear yet subtle, and his descriptions of the many biennials and artworks he addresses are invaluable. Particularly fascinating are his insights on the role of the art market in the crystallization of contemporary art." - Alexander Alberro, Columbia University"
£25.00
The University of Chicago Press The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in
Book SynopsisSteinberg argues in this work that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition.
£35.15
The University of Chicago Press The Real Real Thing The Model in the Mirror of
Book SynopsisOur era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation.Trade Review"Surveying the field of contemporary culture with grace and wit, Wendy Steiner comes to the surprising conclusion that 'a revolution is underway in the general understanding of beauty.' The Perfected Form of the engineered celebrity and supermodel - and such things as Platonic architecture and sculpture - is giving way to a more interactive beauty. The real real engages the audience in vital interaction - does not petrify as a Medusa head - it's a Reality2." - Charles Jencks, author of Critical Modernism"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press The Poets Freedom A Notebook on Making
Book SynopsisWhy 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? This book explores and celebrates the freedom of artists who, working under finite conditions, make considered choices and shape surprising consequences.Trade Review"Susan Stewart is an investigator of linguistic nuance and a new metaphysics, par excellence.... I believe she is one of the finest poets of the last fifty years." -John Kinsella, Salt Magazine "Stewart's meditations on the history of poetry and the poetic are in themselves an original contribution to the philosophy of culture." -Hayden White, author of Figural Realism"
£81.00
The University of Chicago Press The Poets Freedom A Notebook on Making
Book SynopsisWhy 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? This book explores and celebrates the freedom of artists who, working under finite conditions, make considered choices and shape surprising consequences.Trade Review"Susan Stewart is an investigator of linguistic nuance and a new metaphysics, par excellence.... I believe she is one of the finest poets of the last fifty years." -John Kinsella, Salt Magazine "Stewart's meditations on the history of poetry and the poetic are in themselves an original contribution to the philosophy of culture." -Hayden White, author of Figural Realism"
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press The Open Studio Essays on Art and Aesthetics
Book Synopsis
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Learning to Look A Handbook for the Visual Arts
Book Synopsis
£16.72
