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1	The Rise of the Sixties: American and European Art in the Era of Dissent more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow An authoritative examination of a critical decade in art history--now back in print with a new afterword by the author see all copies from $4.02! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Modern Art in the Common Culture more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow Must avant-garde art hold itself apart from the values and beliefs widely held in the common culture? Must advanced artists always be symbolic adversaries of the ordinary citizen? These questions have dominated, even paralyzed the modern art world, particularly in recent years when perceived elitism and imposed canons of taste have come under fire ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $15.77! \| first editions
3	Seeing Rothko more books like this by Glenn Phillips (Editor), Professor Thomas Crow (Editor) "I am interested only in expressing basic human emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom," - Mark Rothko (1903 - 1970) said of his paintings. "If you are moved only by their colour relationships, then you miss the point." Throughout his career, Rothko was concerned with what other people experienced when they looked at his canvases. As his work shifted ... see all copies from $9.31! new only from $31.25! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Rise of the Sixties (Perspectives) more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow see all copies from $13.43! new only from $18.08! \| first editions
5	Late Thoughts: Reflections on Artists and Composers at Work more books like this by Karen Painter (Editor), Professor Thomas Crow (Editor) "Today the West" chronically associates artistic maturity either with transcendence, degeneration, or irrelevance. This volume looks to the non-representational arts of music, abstract painting and sculpture, and architecture for fresh insight into the juncture of aesthetics and mortality. In part one, Nancy Troy considers the fate of Piet ... see all copies from $4.70! new only from $4.70! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Intelligence of Art more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow With this volume, the author contributes an analysis of the present state of art history, the practice of interpreting art and making it "intelligible". He aims to relocate the discussion of theory and method in art history away from models borrowed from other disciplines. Sketching the history of trends in art history - from description and ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $17.74! \| SVS
7	Emulation: Making Artists for Revolutionary France more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow This book puts the life of the artist at the centre of innovative art history, narrating a biography of five painters at the centre of events in Revolutionary France: Jacques Louis-David and his extraordinarily precocious pupils Drouais, Girodet, Gerard, and Gros. Their shared ambition was to build an alternative, exalted life in art, one ... see all copies from $7.85! new only from $52.92! \| first editions
8	Protest in Paris, 1968 more books like this by Serge Hambourg (Photographer), Anne Sa'adah, Professor Thomas Crow May 9 through 13, 1968 was the beginning of a time of upheaval and social spectacle that pitted students and workers against an unsympathetic government in a series of spirited protests that would fundamentally change France. This catalogue showcases photographs of the famous events by French photographer Serge Hambourg. Hambourg captured the ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $19.03! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Emulation: David, Drouais, and Girodet in the Art of Revolutionary France more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow This fascinating and elegant book tells the story of five painters at the centre of events in Revolutionary France: Jacques-Louis David and his first cohort of precocious pupils, including the meteoric Jean-Germain Drouais and the astonishingly gifted but deeply troubled Anne-Louis Girodet. Written by a major art historian, it interprets in a new ... see all copies from $24.95! new only from $27.00!
10	Diderot on Art, Volume I: The Salon of 1765 and Notes on Painting more books like this by Denis Diderot, John Goodman (Translator), Professor Thomas Crow (Introduction by) The 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot - the principal intelligence behind the "Encyclopedie" and the author of idiosyncratic fictional works such as "Jacques the Fatalist" and "Rameau's Nephew" - is also considered by many to have been the first great art critic. Until now, however, Diderot's treatises on the visual arts have been ... see all copies from $32.97! new only from $33.60! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Diderot on Art, Volume II: The Salon of 1767 more books like this by Denis Diderot, John Goodman (Translator), Professor Thomas Crow (Introduction by) The 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot - the principal intelligence behind the "Encyclopedie" and the author of idiosyncratic fictional works such as "Jacques the Fatalist" and "Rameau's Nephew" - is also considered by many to have been the first great art critic. Until now, however, Diderot's treatises on the visual arts have been ... see all copies from $19.90! new only from $25.00!
12 view cover	Gordon Matta-Clark more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow, Corinne Diserens, Gordon Matta-Clark After studying architecture at Cornell University, Matta-Clark developed more interest in buildings about to be destroyed than in the ones about to be built, as most architects would. He first forced his way into abandoned apartment buildings in the Bronx, and using a chain saw, would act as an architecture pirate, cutting pieces of walls and ... see all copies from $500.00!
13 view cover	Jasper Johns: Drawings 1997-2007 more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow (Text by) see all copies from $42.06! new only from $42.06! \| SVS
14	Endgame: Reference and Simulation in Recent Painting and Sculpture more books like this by Yve-Alain Bois, Bob Riley, Professor Thomas Crow Preface by David A. Ross "Endgame" provides the first comprehensive discussion of two interrelated groups of artists who have recently emerged amidst brisk critical debate and who all, in various ways, represent a critique of the commodity, or the commodification of art objects. These are the painters Ross Bleckner, Peter Halley, Sherrie Levine, ... see all copies from $45.00!
15 view cover	Diderot on Art, Volume II: Salon of 1767 more books like this by John Goodman (Translator), Denis Diderot, Professor Thomas Crow (Introduction by) The 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot - the principal intelligence behind the "Encyclopedie" and the author of idiosyncratic fictional works such as "Jacques the Fatalist" and "Rameau's Nephew" - is also considered by many to have been the first great art critic. Until now, however, Diderot's treatises on the visual arts have been ... see all copies from $35.68!
16 view cover	Designing a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program: The Behavioral Performance Theory more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow In 1991, five behavioral theorists were sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health to design a strategy to curb the spread of AIDS among high risk populations. The authors of this book have used their strategy to develop a new program for the prevention of pregnancy among teenagers. This new approach, "Behavioral Performance Theory", is ... see all copies from $39.98! new only from $39.98!
17 view cover	Bas Jan Ader more books like this by Professor Thomas Crow, Bas Jan Ader, Brad Spence In March of 1999, ArtForum magazine devoted its cover story to the work of Bas Jan Ader and his posthumous retrospective at the University of California, Irvine. Long a cult figure in the L.A. art world, Ader has influenced well known artists including Charles Ray and Christopher Williams as well as a new wave of younger artists such as Jennifer ... see all copies from $168.70! new only from $168.70!

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