Theory of Art

This book engages debates in current art criticism concerning the turn toward participatory works of art. In particular, it analyzes ludic participation, in which play and games are used organizationally so that participants actively engage with or complete the work of art through their play...

This book engages debates in current art criticism concerning the turn toward participatory works of art. In particular, it analyzes ludic participation, in which play and games are used organizationally so that participants actively engage with or complete the work of art through their play...

First published in 1988, this book tackles the problem of how to write about art, culture, and the issues of postmodernism in a style appropriate to what is being claimed. The letters are written on art’s behalf to a range of institutions and individuals, and have as their recurring concern the rela..

First published in 1988, this book tackles the problem of how to write about art, culture, and the issues of postmodernism in a style appropriate to what is being claimed. The letters are written on art’s behalf to a range of institutions and individuals, and have as their recurring concern the rela..

First published in 1985, this book draws together the author’s artistic with analytical practices which had been developed over many years of sociological enquiry. It interprets a ‘work of art’ as a site on which a viewer or critic is invited to share in questioning celebration of the painting itsel..

First published in 1985, this book draws together the author’s artistic with analytical practices which had been developed over many years of sociological enquiry. It interprets a ‘work of art’ as a site on which a viewer or critic is invited to share in questioning celebration of the painting itsel..

This book examines the importance of the animal in modern art theory. It focuses on the conceptual connections between the notions of art and animality in art theory between the 1750s and 1950s, and clarifies the status of the animal under modernity...

Four volumes bound in one, making available valuable historical material on architecture and town and country planning; film as an art form; the visual in performing arts and literature; modern art and music. These volumes offer direct insights into early twentieth century views on art and the visua..

Unexpected Affinities proposes a reassessment of architectural type throughout history and its impact on the development of architectural theory and practice, from Laugier's 1753 'Essay on Architecture' through 19th- and 20th- century architectural movements...

Unexpected Affinities proposes a reassessment of architectural type throughout history and its impact on the development of architectural theory and practice, from Laugier's 1753 'Essay on Architecture' through 19th- and 20th- century architectural movements...

Drawings and paintings are made, and the process of making creates unique meanings that transform our perception of space-time and our sense of finitude. By using a phenomenological approach, the understanding of art practice and its relation to particular historical and cultural contexts can be sig..