Art was never there

Mitch Speed asks whether contemporary art is doomed to become an obsolete curiosity, or if it can act as a site of resistance against an algorithmically driven culture industry.

Art worlds, 25th anniversary edition

This classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who—along with the artist—"produce" a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the conventions essential to this operation and, prospectively,...

Art's visionary moment

In describing their personal encounters with works that have stayed with them, scholars and artists here address the aesthetic, philosophical, and historical reasons that inform what T. Eliot has called great art’s “experience both of a moment and of a lifetime.”

Art, commerce and colonialism 1600–1800

The book re-examines the field of Renaissance art history by exploring the art of this era in the light of global connections. It considers the movement of objects, ideas and technologies and its significance for European art and material culture, analysing images through the lens of cultural enc...

Art-science undisciplined

A guide to mutually transformative collaboration between artists and scientists.   Art-Science Undisciplined invites us into a collaborative journey grounded in mutual exploration and transformation. Moving beyond transactional exchanges of expertise, artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysi...

Artaud anthology

"I am the man," wrote Artaud, "who has best charted his inmost self." Antonin Artaud was a great poet who, like Poe, Holderlin, and Nerval, wanted to live in the infinite and asked that the human spirit burn in absolute freedom.To society, he was a madman. Artaud, however, was not insane but in l...

Artaud the moma

In 1996 Jacques Derrida gave a lecture at the Museum of Modern Art on Antonin Artaud. Artaud the Moma reveals the challenge that Artaud posed to Derrida—and to art and its institutional history. It is a powerful interjection into the museum halls, a crucial moment in Derrida’s thought, and an ins...

Artemisia

An international best-seller, Alexandra Lapierre's Artemisia sweeps us through the streets once frequented by Caravaggio, Velasquez, and Van Dyck and into the studios of artists who used their daggers as efficiently as their brushes. Born in the early 1600s when artists were the celebrities of th...

Artemisia gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as the most important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seventeenth century and the only female follower of Caravaggio. This first full-length study of her life and work shows that her powerfully original treat...

Artemisia gentileschi around 1622

Mary D. Garrard, author of the acclaimed Artemisia Gentileschi, furthers her study of the seventeenth-century artist in this groundbreaking investigation of two little-known paintings. Taking as case studies the Seville Mary Magdalene and the Burghley House Susanna and the Elders, paintings of ci...

Artful design

What we make, makes us. This is the central tenet of Artful Design, a photorealistic comic book that examines the nature, purpose, and meaning of design. A call to action and a meditation on art, authenticity, and social connection in a world disrupted by technological change, this book articulat...

Artful leadership

Leaders facing today's volatility are invited to discover inner sources of creativity and inspiration through philosophy, humanities, arts, and ecology. Using reflection and practical exercises, they'll develop strategies to tap into creative expression and renew their sense of possibility and pu...

Arthur szyk

An indispensable and timely publication on the life and work of the great Polish-Jewish-American artist-activist Arthur Szyk.

Arthur szyk preserved

An essential reference guide for learning where Arthur Szyk’s public works resideDuring his lifetime, Arthur Szyk (1894–1951)—the prolific Polish-Jewish artist celebrated for his exquisite miniature paintings, book illustrations, and scathing political cartoons—created several thousand works span...

Arthurianism in early plantagenet england

First full-scale account of the use of the Arthurian legend in the long twelfth century.The precedent of empire and the promise of return lay at the heart of King Arthur's appeal in the Middle Ages. Both ideas found fullness of expression in the twelfth century: monarchs and magnates sought to re...

Articles in english as a second language

The aim of this study is to provide an overview of research findings on the acquisition and use of articles in English as a second language, investigated from a phraseological perspective. It also presents an examination of various linguistic accounts of the English article system with respect to...

Articulating design decisions

Articulating hidden histories

With his groundbreaking Europe and the People Without History, Eric R. Wolf powerfully advanced the project of integrating the disciplines of anthropology and history. In Articulating Hidden Histories, many of those influenced by Wolf—both anthropologists and historians—acknowledge the contributi...

Artículos de costumbres

A collection of satirical articles by the influential nineteenth-century Spanish journalist Mariano José de Larra.

Artifacts and allegiances

What can we learn about nationalism by looking at a country’s cultural institutions? How do the history and culture of particular cities help explain how museums represent diversity? Artifacts and Allegiances takes us around the world to tell the compelling story of how museums today are making ...

Artificial intelligence

An essential and practical guide to navigate the rapidly evolving laws and policies of Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming our world at a breakneck pace, including the practice of law. The recent rapid development of generative AI, which produces new outputs bas...

Artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence: Why and How it is Revolutionizing Healthcare Management identifies a roadmap for the appropriate introduction of artificial intelligence in healthcare organizations that responds to the need of decision-makers and managers to have a clear picture of how to move in the dev...

Artificial intelligence and global security

Artificial Intelligence and Global Security: Future Trends, Threats and Considerations brings a much-needed perspective on the impact of the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in military affairs. Experts forecast that AI will shape future military operations in ways that wi...

Artificial intelligence for digital talent acquisition and management

Artificial Intelligence for Digital Talent Acquisition and Management: Analytical Approaches, Practices, Models for Digitalization analyses the intersection of AI and workforce strategies, offering readers a thorough exploration of analytical approaches, cutting-edge practices, and innovative mod...

Artificial intelligence in hospitality and tourism in africa

Artificial Intelligence in Hospitality and Tourism in Africa offers a timely and comprehensive exploration of AI’s transformative role in tourism and hospitality across Africa, and other emerging regions. As global industries rapidly adopt AI technologies, this timely volume addresses the critica...

Artificial intelligence in marketing

Review of Marketing Research pushes the boundaries of marketing—broadening the marketing concept to make the world a better place. Here, leading scholars explore how marketing is currently shaping, and being shaped by, the evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Artificial intelligence – intelligent art?

This book discusses the transformation of creative practice brought about by various forms of AI.

Artificial intelligence, engineering systems and sustainable development

An analysis of different concepts and case studies in engineering disciplines such as chemical, civil, electrical, telecommunications and mechanical engineering, demonstrating how engineering systems and processes can leverage the power of AI to drive and achieve the UN SDGs.

Artificial intelligence, esg investments and the future of tokenized assets

Award winning researcher and academic Sean Stein Smith offers a rapid, accessible guide to the intersections and implications of Artificial Intelligence, ESG investing, and tokenized assets.

Artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity for connected and automated vehicles

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. CARAMEL is a research project co-funded by the European Union. The project applies Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques to detect and prevent potential cybersecurity threats to autonomous and co...

Artificial life after frankenstein

Artificial Life After Frankenstein brings the insights born of Mary Shelley's legacy to bear upon the ethics and politics of making artificial life and intelligence in the twenty-first century.What are the obligations of humanity to the artificial creatures we make? And what are the corresponding...

Artificial whiteness

Yarden Katz reveals the ideology embedded in the concept of artificial intelligence, contending that it both serves and mimics the logic of white supremacy. Only by seeing the connection between artificial intelligence and whiteness can we prioritize alternatives to the conception of AI as an all...

Artificial you

A guide to AI’s thorniest implications that asks: How shall we navigate our brave new world?We are at a monumental turning point in human history. AI is taking intelligence in new directions. The strongest human competitors in chess, go, and Jeopardy! have been beaten by AIs, and AI is getting mo...

Artificially yours

A human perspective on the nature of friendship in the age of artificial intelligenceIs friendship with a chatbot as good as friendship with an actual person? Is there something about human friendships that eludes simulation? If so, what? And how much will the answers to questions like these chan...

Artisan entrepreneurship

Artisan Entrepreneurship analyses handicraft enterprise using different approaches at an individual, group and societal point of view, providing a better understanding about how these workers contribute to societal wellbeing and aid cultural heritage preservation for future generations.

Artist as reporter

Active from 1940 to 1948, PM was a progressive New York City daily tabloid newspaper committed to the politics of labor, social justice, and antifascism—and it prioritized the intelligent and critical deployment of pictures and their perception as paramount in these campaigns. With PM as its main...

Artistic provenance research

Proposing the new term - artistic provenance research - the contributors to this innovative book illuminate art's capacity to expand provenance research in critical and provocative ways.

Artistic transfer

Ursula Bertram contends that when artistic thought is circulated and probed in nonartistic fields, a crucial pattern called artistic transfer emerges.

Artists activating sustainability

Artists Activating Sustainability: The Oregon Story examines the way in which the artists within specific communities, against the background of landscape and history, reveal concepts of sustainability that help us broaden our knowledge of what is needed to create a sustainable world.

Artists' master series: color and light

3dtotal Publishing is an established authority on art and design, with a growing stable of high-calibre artist–authors. With such incredible talent and know-how under one publishing-house roof, we are uniquely placed to launch the BRAND NEW SERIES, Artists' Masters Series. We have already relea...

Artists' master series: composition & narrative

The second title in a new series elevates your skills in composition and narrative with guidance from established world-class artists. As an established authority on art and design with a growing stable of high-calibre artist–authors, 3dtotal Publishing is uniquely placed to produce Artists' Mast...

Artists' master series: perspective and depth

This third title in the highly popular Artist Master Series from 3dtotal Publishing offers a comprehensive guide to using perspective and depth successfully in your art, with direction from world-class artists. As an established authority on art and design with a growing stable of high-calibre ar...

Arts and academia

A timely exploration of where creative practices and arts live in our higher education communities. How do creatives shape this creative education ecosystem? How does art provide an interface between what is within and outside of our knowledge institutions? And why should all of this matter for o...

Arts and minds

A history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British lifeFrom its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has tried to improve British life in every way imaginable. It has soug...

Arts of address

Monique Roelofs offers a pathbreaking systematic model of the field of address and puts it to work in the arts, critical theory, and social life. Drawing on a wide array of theoretical and artistic sources and challenging disciplinary boundaries, she illuminates its significance to cultural exist...

Arts of the border

Examining Europe’s borders and their artistic representations as an archive both of state violence and of refusal, fugitivity, and imagination.