In its brief history Internet art has moved from being the concern of a few brilliant amateurs to a position of prominence on the art scene. While much material art seen in conventional galleries feel
"Beauty, which is what is meant by art...is no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life."William Morris William Morris, the leader o
James Coleman has emerged in recent years as one of the most important artists of visual postmodernism. His work has transformed critical debates about the status of the image in contemporary culture
Ceramics achieved such a high quality in China that the pieces came to be known simply by the country's name. A pair of antique dealers present some 400 color photographs of Chinese ceramics that are
The unorthodox work of the self-taught artist confounds our understanding of contemporary art. This collection of examples from Florida artists attests to the intensely personal yet universal desire f
The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols is a portal into the profound symbolism of Tibetan sacred art. Robert Beer provides insight into the vast array of symbols and attributes that appear within t
Ten years of visionary artwork from an artist embraced by critics, spiritual leaders, and the general public during his lifetime . Includes essays on Grey's work by the renowned art critic Donald Kusp
Here is the incomparable cast of the DC Comics universe: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, the Green Lantern, and the rest of the Justice League as you’ve never seen them b
A national best-seller and winner of the 2002 Eisner Award for the best comics-related book, Peanuts: The Art of Charles Schulz is now in paperback, with thirty-two pages of additional material from
Swirnoff (Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York) relays the basic grammar of color and form derived from experiments conducted with her students on the interaction of light and
Impossible Images brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represe
Victorian Painting is a comprehensive survey of one of the most fertile and varied eras in the history of painting. It embraces not just the United Kingdom, but also English-speaking countries linked
Painter, writer, sound poet, lyricist, performance artist - Brion Gysin (1916-86) first came to prominence in the 1950s in the heady atmosphere of the so-called Beat Hotel in Paris. His enormous range
These essays by art historian and critic Charles Harrison are based on the premisethat making art and talking about art are related enterprises. They are written from the point ofview of Art & Lan
