Art : History

Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China combines literary and historical analysis to identify the modes of existence of male homoerotic sensibilities in late imperial China. more...

Price: $190.00

Imagining the Unimaginable deftly reveals the experiences of artists and developments in mass culture and in the press against the backdrop of the broader trends in Russian politics, economics, and social life from the mid-nineteenth century to the revolution. After 1914, avant-garde artists began to imagine many things that had once seemed unimaginable. As Marc Chagall later remarked, “The war was another plastic work that totally absorbed us, which reformed our forms, destroyed the lines, and gave a new look to the universe.” more...

Price: $45.00

This is an unusually fine and intelligent study, which will prove compelling to anyone thinking about the nature of modern art and the situation of the modern artist in 19th and 20th century France. Rifkin offers the reader an array of brilliant and unexpected insights--at times focused on Ingres, at others opening out onto new ways of thinking about modernity and the fabric of modern artistic culture Alex Potts, University of Reading more...

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Nicholas Capaldi's biography of John Stuart Mill traces the ways in which Mill's many endeavors are related and explores the significance of Mill's contribution to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of education. more...

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A unique and authoritative guide to modern responses to art. Featuring 48 essays, and written by a panel of expert contributors, it introduces readers to the key approaches and analytical tools of contemporary art study and debate. more...

Price: $24.95