Art Theory


Ways of Seeing
On Photography
The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Interaction of Color
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
About Looking
Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
Relational Aesthetics
Art and Fear
After the End of Art
The Society of the Spectacle
The Story of Art
The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century
Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
What Comes After Farce by Hal FosterPotential History by Ariella Aïsha AzoulayWhat Art Is by Arthur C. DantoWhat Is Art? by Leo TolstoyThe Geometry of the Last Supper by Raphaël Mouterde
Art Philosophy Books
97 books — 6 voters

Matter and Memory by Henri BergsonRiver of Shadows by Rebecca SolnitShort Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy EganPhotography, Cinema, Memory by Damian SuttonThe Cinematic Challenge by John P. Harty Jr.
Photographic Time
33 books — 2 voters
The Judgment of Paris by Ross KingOf the Standard of Taste by David HumeThe Abuse of Beauty by Arthur C. DantoThe Transfiguration of the Commonplace by Arthur C. DantoWhat Art Is by Arthur C. Danto
My Exploration on Art Theory
24 books — 3 voters

Seven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun TzuMonty Python and Philosophy by Gary L. Hardcastle
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
249 books — 14 voters
Vincent Van Gogh by Ingo F. WaltherLeonardo. The Complete Drawings by Frank ZöllnerMichelangelo by Frank ZöllnerLeonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings by Frank ZöllnerMichelangelo. The Graphic Work by Thomas Ppper
Taschen Bibliotheca Universalis
110 books — 8 voters

Weiwei Ai
At different times I've worked in different mediums. For me, the variation is not an artistic judgment, but a necessary choice. It's just as normal to eat with chopsticks, as it is to eat with forks or hands. Different circumstances call for different tools. I try to express ideas with the most appropriate available materials and forms. Very often the medium comes first, and then my reasons for it. Sometimes, I work with a medium I don't like out of curiosity. It is an experiment to challenge my ...more
Ai Weiwei

I write about my own work because I want to speak for myself. I might not be the only authority, nor the best authority, but I want to participate in the writing of my own history. Why should artists be validated by outside authorities. I don't like being paternalised and colonised by every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along (male or female). ...more
Marlene Dumas, Sweet Nothings. Notes and Texts

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