Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sociology as an art form Sociology as an art form Robert A. Nisbet ""One of our most original social thinkers," according to the New York Times, Robert Nisbet offers a new approach to sociology. He shows that sociology is indeed an art form, one that has a strong ki… OL1921746W
Curating at the edge Curating at the edge Kate Bonansinga Located less than a mile from Juarez, the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso is a non-collecting institution that serves the Paso del Norte region. … OL20547924W
Creative margins Creative margins Alison L. Bain "Suburbs can be incubators of creativity: innovative and complex, but all too often underappreciated. In Creative Margins, Alison L. Bain documents the unique role of Canadian artists and cultural wo… OL22329462W
Looters, smugglers and collectors Looters, smugglers and collectors Ana María Bresciani,Alexander Alberro,Tone Hansen Looters, smugglers, and collectors: Provenance research and the market departs from and extends beyond the restitution case of Henri Matisse's "Blue Dress in a Yellow Armchair" (1937) to the heirs of… OL31212324W
Art & its time Art & its time Paul Mattick Paul Mattick explores many of the ideas that surrround art today including Modernism, the sublime and beautiful, the relationship between art and money and particularly philanthropy in the US, the ro… OL4377184W
Art and the German bourgeoisie Art and the German bourgeoisie Carolyn Helen Kay x, 166 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL6070506W
The social history of art The social history of art Arnold Hauser First published in 1951 as Socialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur, Arnold Hauser's comprehensive work explores the interaction between art and society. Through the detailing of social and historica… OL7124260W
Art and the Performance of Memory Art and the Performance of Memory Candida-Smith This book investigates the role that the visual and performing arts play in our experience and understanding of the past. Expanding upon longstanding concerns in cultural history about the relation o… OL8098437W