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The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France 1848-1851by T. J. ClarkISBN 0520217446 (0-520-21744-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Absolute Bourgeois:Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851by T. J. ClarkISBN 0500490082 (0-500-49008-2)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderotby Michael FriedISBN 0520037588 (0-520-03758-8)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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Abstract Art in the Late Twentieth Centuryby Frances ColpittISBN 0521004535 (0-521-00453-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Abstract Expressionismby David AnfamISBN 0500202435 (0-500-20243-5)
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Art in Theory 1648-1815: An Anthology of Changing Ideasby Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, Jason GaigerISBN 0631200649 (0-631-20064-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Art in Theory 1815-1900: An Anthology of Changing Ideasby Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, Jason GaigerISBN 0631200657 (0-631-20065-7)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Art School : A Complete Painters Courseby Patricia Monahan, HamlynISBN 0600601463 (0-600-60146-3)
Softcover, Octopus Publishing Group
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Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, Postmodernismby Hal FosterISBN 0500238189 (0-500-23818-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Art without Boundaries, 1950-70;by John Williams, Philip Thompson, Gerald WoodsISBN 0500201293 (0-500-20129-3)
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Art Works: Placeby Jeremy Millar, Tacita DeanISBN 0500930074 (0-500-93007-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art Works: Place'Book summary:Everyone wants to find their own place in the world. But where is it and what is it? How do we recognize place as being significant and not just merely space? And what is it that makes one place special and another not? These are questions that have taxed philosophers as far back as ancient Greece. But they are also much more than philosophical investigations. In a world where neighbours fight over a stretch of land, or where some groups can feel safe only in certain locations, place is a living reality that can be either the cause for violent conflict or the glue that binds communities together. This exhibition in a book presents some of the most challenging art to address the function of place in the contemporary world. Arranged into themed 'rooms', it reflects a wide variety of artistic attitudes and practices. Some artists find inspiration in the heterogeneity of the crowded city street, while others celebrate the wilds of nature as a counter to urban life. Some present imagined or fantastic worlds of their own invention, or explore the way place is often a creation of the mind. Others investigate the deep marks that myth and history can leave on the land, or consider how place can be used as a form of political control. Territorial divisions demarcating one place from another, often with terrible consequences, are the chosen subject-matter of many artists; others prefer to look at itinerant wanderers with no claims on the earth, or to focus on anonymous non-places that lack any real identity of their own. All of the artists in this book - among them Thomas Demand, Allan Sekula, Luc Tuymans, Steve McQueen, Roni Horn and Susan Hiller - use art to puzzle out the complicated ways in which place can shape and affect us. All of them help us to understand the world in which we live. [via]
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Avant-Garde Gambits 1888-1893: Gender and the Color of Art Historyby Griselda PollockISBN 0500550255 (0-500-55025-5)
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Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspectiveby Arthur C. DantoISBN 0520216741 (0-520-21674-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Spaceby John WhiteISBN 0571099467 (0-571-09946-7)
Hardcover, Faber
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The Body Imaged: The Human Form and Visual Culture Since the Renaissanceby Marcia Pointon, Kathleen AdlerISBN 0521447682 (0-521-44768-2)
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Calligram: Essays in New Art History from France Series Cambridge New Art History and Criticismby Norman BrysonISBN 0521359279 (0-521-35927-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwellby Robert Motherwell, Stephanie TerenzioISBN 0520221796 (0-520-22179-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell'Book summary:This book brings together a representative selection of Robert Motherwell's writings about art, public lectures, essays, interviews, and letters. Motherwell's writing was invaluable in articulating the intent of the New York School of American artists--Pollock, de Kooning, Gottlieb, Kline, Baziotes, Still, Gorky--during a period when their work was often reviled for its departure from traditional representation. Motherwell was not only the primary theorist of abstract expressionism but also one of its major exponents. As founder of the Documents of Modern Art series (later renamed The Documents of Twentieth-Century Art), he gathered the writings of modern artists to give them a voice at a time when very few people understood their theories or work.[via]More editions of The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell:
Conceptual Art: Theory, Myth, and Practiceby Michael CorrisISBN 0521530873 (0-521-53087-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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A Concise History of Modern Paintingby Caroline Tisdall, William Feaver, Herbert Edward ReadISBN 0500181470 (0-500-18147-0)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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Concise History of Modern Paintingby Herbert E. Read, Benedict ReadISBN 0500201412 (0-500-20141-2)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Changeby David HarveyISBN 0631162941 (0-631-16294-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change'Book summary:The Condition of Postmodernity is David Harvey's seminal history of this, our most equivocal of eras. What does postmodernism mean? Where did it come from? Harvey, a Professor of Geography, and a key mover behind extending the scope and influence of the discipline of geography itself, does a thorough job here delineating the passage through to postmodernity and the economic, social and political changes that underscored and accompanied it. As he clearly states, the rise in postmodernist cultural forms is related to a new intensity in what Harvey terms "time-space compression" but this new intensity is a qualitive and not a quantitive change in social organisation and does not point to a era beyond capitalism as "the basic rules of capitalistic accumulation" remain unchanged. Unlike Fredric Jameson (whose equally rewarding Postmodernism stands as the twin pillar to Harvey's critique), who explicitly relies on Ernest Mandel's periodisation of Late Capitalism, Harvey eschews a narrowly economic focus, the limits and contradictions of production that have led to the rise in the service sector, and takes a more multidisciplinary approach to his history: as comfortable discussing Manet as he is labour markets. Harvey is an excellent writer and The Condition of Postmodernity is an exceptionally informative and enjoyable read. Mark Thwaite [via]
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Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Artby Grant H. KesterISBN 0520238397 (0-520-23839-7)
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Cubism and Cultureby Patricia Leighten, Mark AntliffISBN 0500203423 (0-500-20342-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Cult of the Avant-Garde Artistby Donald KuspitISBN 0521469228 (0-521-46922-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Dada: Art and Anti Artby Hans RichterISBN 0500200394 (0-500-20039-4)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Dialogues With Marcel Duchampby Pierre CabanneISBN 0500600015 (0-500-60001-5)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thoughtby Martin JayISBN 0520088859 (0-520-08885-9)
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Martin Jay turns to this discourse surrounding vision and explores its often contradictory implications in the work of such influential figures as Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan, Louis Althusser, Guy Debord, Luce Irigaray, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jacques Derrida. Jay begins with a discussion of the theory of vision from Plato to Descartes, then considers its role in the French Enlightenment before turning to its status in the culture of modernity. From consideration of French Impressionism to analysis of Georges Bataille and the Surrealists, Roland Barthes's writings on photography, and the film theory of Christian Metz, Jay provides lucid and fair-minded accounts of thinkers and ideas widely known for their difficulty.
His book examines the myriad links between the interrogation of vision and the pervasive antihumanist, antimodernist, and counter-enlightenment tenor of much recent French thought. Refusing, however, to defend the dominant visual order, he calls instead for a plurality of "scopic regimes." Certain to generate controversy and discussion throughout the humanities and social sciences, Downcast Eyes will consolidate Jay's reputation as one of today's premier cultural and intellectual historians.More editions of Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought:
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Encounters & Reflections: Art in the Historical Presentby Arthur C. DantoISBN 0520208463 (0-520-20846-3)
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The End of Artby Donald B. KuspitISBN 0521832527 (0-521-83252-7)
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The End Of Artby Kuspit DonaldISBN 052154016X (0-521-54016-X)
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Enduring Creation: Art, Pain, and Fortitudeby Nigel Jonathan SpiveyISBN 0520230221 (0-520-23022-1)
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Essays on the Blurring of Art and Lifeby Allan Kaprow, Jeff KelleyISBN 0520240790 (0-520-24079-0)
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Gauguin's Intimate Journalsby Paul Gauguin, Van Wyck Brooks, Emil GauguinISBN 0486294412 (0-486-29441-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Genesis of a Painting: Picasso's Guernicaby Rudolf ArnheimISBN 0520250079 (0-520-25007-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Ideology of the Aestheticby Terry EagletonISBN 0631163026 (0-631-16302-6)
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Idiosyncratic Identities: Artists at the End of the Avant-Gardeby Donald KuspitISBN 0521553792 (0-521-55379-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Idolizing Pictures: Idolatry, Iconoclasm and Jewish Artby Anthony JuliusISBN 0500282625 (0-500-28262-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Image of the People: Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolutionby T. J. ClarkISBN 050027245X (0-500-27245-X)
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In Defense of Humanism: Value in the Arts and Lettersby Richard A. EtlinISBN 0521476720 (0-521-47672-0)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Spaceby Brian O'DohertyISBN 0520220404 (0-520-22040-4)
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Internet Artby Rachel GreeneISBN 0500203768 (0-500-20376-8)
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Japanese Artby Joan Stanley-BakerISBN 0500203261 (0-500-20326-1)
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The Judgement of Sense: Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aestheticsby David SummersISBN 0521386314 (0-521-38631-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Kitsch World of Bad Tasteby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517163403 (0-517-16340-3)
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The Language of Art Historyby Salim Kemal, Ivan GaskellISBN 0521445981 (0-521-44598-1)
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The Language of Sculpture, With 155 Illustrationsby William TuckerISBN 0500271046 (0-500-27104-6)
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Laocoon: An Essay upon the Limits of Painting And Poetryby Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ellen FrothinghamISBN 0486443876 (0-486-44387-6)
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Matisse on Artby Henri Matisse, Jack D. FlamISBN 0520200322 (0-520-20032-2)
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Minimal Art: A Critical Anthologyby Gregory BattcockISBN 0520201477 (0-520-20147-7)
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Modern Sculpture: A Concise Historyby Herbert ReadISBN 0500200149 (0-500-20014-9)
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Movements in Art Since 1945by Edward Lucie-SmithISBN 050020344X (0-500-20344-X)
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The fifth edition reflects the latest developments in a wide-ranging introduction and nine new chapters that deal with the radical transformations that have taken place in contemporary art. Among the topics covered are the increasing dominance of photography, film, and video, and the emergence of a new post-Post-Expressionist group of "Abject" artists whose work stresses feelings of alienation in Western industrial societies, often through the reintroduction of narrative. The emergence of an opposing trend of idealizing classicism, particularly in Italy and Russia, is discussed, and there is increased coverage of the burgeoning practice of art "on the periphery" in Third World countries, where artists have absorbed Western modernism and then created new terms of reference for artistic expression adapted to their own cultures. Numerous additional reproductions illustrate all the recent developments in this completely redesigned edition, and there are a full bibliography and comprehensive chronologies of key events. No other account of the art of the last fifty-five years provides as much up-to-date information about art issues, developments, and players. 100 color and 190 black & white [via]More editions of Movements in Art Since 1945:
Movements in Art Since 1945: Issues and Conceptsby Edward Lucie-SmithISBN 0500202826 (0-500-20282-6)
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Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical Historyby Linda Nochlin, Frances K. Pohl, Thomas E. Crow, Stephen F. Eisenman, David L. Phillips, Brian LukacherISBN 050023793X (0-500-23793-X)
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First published in 1994, this innovative and groundbreaking survey details the development of a critical perspective in nineteenth-century painting and sculpture. For the revised edition, a new introduction by Stephen F. Eisenman provides a cogent overview of the century, its issues, and its art. Three completely new chapters have been added, which discuss photography and its crucial role in nineteenth-century art; American and German landscape painting and its effect on the growth of romantic nationalism in each country; and Toulouse-Lautrec, whose popular appeal consists both in his work's novel technique and medium and in its exotic sexual perspectives.
Nineteenth Century Art embraces many aspects of the "new" art history -- attention to issues of class and gender, racism, and Eurocentrism -- but it also emphasizes the remarkable vitality and subversiveness of the era's best art. Indeed, nineteenth-century artists addressed many of the aesthetic, political, and moral issues that preoccupy audiences and historians today, such as the relationship between popular and elite culture, and the representation of women and non-European peoples in Western art.
This rich and diverse volume demonstrates that nineteenth-century art remains compelling today because its critical insights have rarely beensurpassed. It will prove of interest not only to the specialist but also to anyone fascinated by the art, history, and culture of the era. [via]
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Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical Historyby Stephen F. EisenmanISBN 0500277532 (0-500-27753-2)
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Nineteenth Century Art: A Critical Historyby Thomas E. Crow, Stephen F. EisenmanISBN 0500283354 (0-500-28335-4)
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Nineteenth Century Theories of Artby Joshua C. TaylorISBN 0520048881 (0-520-04888-1)
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Optical Art: Theory and Practiceby Rene ParolaISBN 0486290549 (0-486-29054-9)
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Philosophical Aesthetics: An Introductionby Oswald HanflingISBN 0631180354 (0-631-18035-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophical Aesthetics: An Introduction'Book summary:This volume contains surveys of the main issues in philosophical aesthetics, as discussed by thinkers from ancient Greece to modern times. It is written by members of the Open University and the intention throughout is to make the issues intelligible and interesting to as wide an audience as possible, including those readers with a general interest in the arts as well as more advanced students.
The volume begins with questions about the nature of art and beauty. Are there any limitations to what may count as a work of art? Are imitations and forgeries really less valuable than original works? This is followed by discussions of aesthetic experience, truth and the 'imitation of nature' in works of art. In later chapters the emphasis is on the value and evaluation of art. Should art exist for the good of society? What justification is there for censorship in the case of pornography? The final chapters deal with Marxist theories of art, and with structuralist and post-structuralist views in recent continental writings. [via]More editions of Philosophical Aesthetics: An Introduction:
The Philosophy of Modern Artby Herbert ReadISBN 0571065066 (0-571-06506-6)
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Poeticsby Aristotle, S.H. ButcherISBN 048629577X (0-486-29577-X)
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Poets on Painters: Essays on the Art of Painting by Twentieth-Century Poetsby J.D. McClatchyISBN 0520069714 (0-520-06971-4)
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Pop Artby Lucy R. LippardISBN 0500200521 (0-500-20052-1)
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Postmodernism and the En-Gendering of Marcel Duchampby Amelia JonesISBN 0521456541 (0-521-45654-1)
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Recording Conceptual Artby Robert Barry, Alexander Alberro, Patricia NorvellISBN 0520220110 (0-520-22011-0)
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Recording Conceptual Art: Early Interviews With Barry, Huebler, Kaltenbach, Lewitt, Morris, Oppenheim, Siegelaub, Smithson, Weinerby Patricia Norvell, Robert Barry, Alexander AlberroISBN 0520220102 (0-520-22010-2)
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Reenchantment of Artby Suzi GablikISBN 0500276897 (0-500-27689-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reenchantment of Art'Book summary:Suzi Gablik's last book, "Has Modernism Failed?", won readers with its passionate, scathing critique of an enervated contemporary art scene. Now "The Reenchantment of Art" describes her hope for a new art, born out of a new cultural paradigm embracing a revitalized sense of community, an enlarged ecological perspective, and access to mythic and archetypal sources of spiritual life. In the course of her argument, Gablik introduces the reader to a number of figures for whom this paradigm offers a fresh approach to making art: artists such as Fern Shaffer, who performs empowerment rituals to mark the seasonal equinoxes; David T. Hanson, Andy Goldsworthy and Rachel Rosenthal, whose work attempts to heal our wounded planet; and others such as Tim Rollins, Suzanne Lacy and Mierle Laderman Ukeles who address the gravest social issues. [via]
Relative Values: Or What's Art Worth?by Louisa Buck, Philip DoddISBN 0563207493 (0-563-20749-3)
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The Rhetoric of the Frame: Essays on the Boundaries of the Artworkby Paul DuroISBN 0521566290 (0-521-56629-0)
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Russian Art of the Avant-Garde: Theory and Criticism 1902-1934by John E. BowltISBN 0500610118 (0-500-61011-8)
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Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 A Cross-Reference Book of Information on Some Esthetic Boundaries Consisting of a biblioby Lucy R. LippardISBN 0520210131 (0-520-21013-1)
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A Study of Vermeerby Edward Snow, Johannes VermeerISBN 0520071328 (0-520-07132-8)
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Styles, Schools And Movements: The Essential Encyclopaedic Guide To Modern Artby Amy DempseyISBN 0500283761 (0-500-28376-1)
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Theory of Coloursby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Charles L. EastlakeISBN 0486448053 (0-486-44805-3)
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Three Artists (Three Women): Modernism and the Art of Hesse, Krasner, and O'Keeffeby Anne Middleton WagnerISBN 0520214331 (0-520-21433-1)
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To the Rescue of Art: Twenty Six Essaysby Rudolf ArnheimISBN 0520074599 (0-520-07459-9)
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Unpacking Duchamp: Art in Transitby Dalia JudovitzISBN 0520213769 (0-520-21376-9)
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Vision and Designby J.B. Bullen, Roger Eliot FryISBN 0486400875 (0-486-40087-5)
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Visual Thinkingby Rudolf ArnheimISBN 0520242262 (0-520-24226-2)
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A Voyage on the North Sea : Art in the Age of the Post-Medium Conditionby Rosalind E. KraussISBN 0500282072 (0-500-28207-2)
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Women, Art and Societyby Whitney ChadwickISBN 0500202419 (0-500-20241-9)
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Word and Image: French Painting of the Ancient Regimeby Norman BrysonISBN 0521276543 (0-521-27654-3)
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