"Beyond Vision is the first English-language collection of essays on art by Pavel Florensky (1882-1937), Russian philosopher, priest, linguist, scientist, mathematician - and art historian. In addition to seven essays by Florensky, the book includes a biographical introduction a…
To the extent that any art historian becomes "famous," Sir Ernst Gombrich is the most famous art historian in the world. He is the author of the seminal work The Story of Art, a staunch champion of the traditional canon, and a perceptive analyst of artistry and illusion. This ma…
Carl Einstein (1885-1940) war einer der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller, Kunstkritiker und Theoretiker der Avantgarde des 20. Jahrhunderts. Er war auch ein Mann der Tat, kämpfte in Berlin auf Seiten von Spartakus und in der Kolonne Durruti in Spanien gegen Reaktion und Faschismus. …
"A first encounter with art is like meeting a stranger: it opens you to new ideas, people, places, and parts of yourself. In Art inSight, Fanchon Silberstein delves into the first known art and explores what it can reveal about how its makers saw the world and how contemporary a…
Design has always prided itself on being relevant to the world it serves, but interest in design was once limited to a small community of design professionals. Today, books on "design thinking" are best sellers, and computer and Web-based tools have expanded the definition of wh…
