AESTHETICS AND PHILOSOPHY OF ART
Adventures with the Theory of the Baroque and French Philosophy
Nadir Lahiji, University of Canberra, Australia Analysing the reception of contemporary French philosophy in architecture, Nadir Lahiji discusses the problematic nature of importing philosophical categories into architecture. Focusing on the notion of the Baroque in Deleuze and Lacan’s investigations of the concept, Lahiji challenges the contemporary dominance of the Baroque as a phenomenon related to postmodernism, establishing it as a name for the paradoxical unity of ‘kitsch’ and ‘high’ art. This original critique explains why the category of the Baroque, if it is still useful in architecture criticism, must be tied to the notion of Post-Rationalism. UK March 2018 • US March 2018 • 296 pages • 10 bw illustrations PB 9781350064010 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781474228541 Individual eBook 9781474228534 Library eBook 9781474228527 Bloomsbury Academic
Retroactivity and Contemporary Art Craig Staff, University of Nottingham, UK
Through specific case studies of artists who strategically work with historical moments, this book examines how art from the last two decades has sought to mobilize these particular histories, and to what effect, against the backdrop of Modernism. Drawing on the art theory of Rosalind Krauss and the philosophies of Benjamin, Richter, and Agamben, Staff interprets those works that foreground some aspect of retroactivity as key artistic strategies. This book is a reflection on time within art and an indispensable read for those attempting to understand the artistic significance of history, materiality, and memory. UK April 2018 • US April 2018 • 224 pages • 20 bw illus HB 9781350009974 • £85.00 / $114.00 Individual eBook 9781350009998 Library eBook 9781350009967 Bloomsbury Academic
Aesthetic Marx
Edited by Samir Gandesha, Simon Fraser University, Canada & Johan F. Hartle, University of Amsterdam "The crisis of neoliberal capitalism has occasioned an urgent and widespread reassessment of Marx and his significance. Anyone seeking to take its pulse in the discourses of the aesthetic must read Aesthetic Marx." Stewart Martin, Editor of Radical Philosophy and Reader in Philosophy and Fine Art, Middlesex University, UK "The collection also includes essays on specific examples of aesthetics in Marxist political practice, for example the aesthetics of the communist world, the aesthetics of conceptual art in post1968 Mexico, Marxist aesthetics in cinema, and the aesthetics of images of Marx. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty." - CHOICE UK May 2018 • US May 2018 • 344 pages • 35 bw illus PB 9781350074712 • £21.99 / $29.95 Previously published in HB 9781350024229 Individual eBook 9781350024236 Library eBook 9781350024212 Bloomsbury Academic
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The Visibility of the Image
History and Perspectives of Formal Aesthetics Lambert Wiesing, Jena University, Germany Translated by Nancy Ann Roth, University of Falmouth, UK Now available in English for the first time, Lambert Wiesing explores the development of an influential aesthetic tradition through the work of six figures: Robert Zimmermann (1824-1898); Alois Riegl (1858-1905); Heinrich Wölfflin (1864-1945), Konrad Fiedler (1841-1895), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) and Charles William Morris (1901-1979). Analysing their contribution to the progress of formal aesthetics, from its origins in Germany in the 1880s to semiotic interpretations in America a century later, Wiesing introduces the rise of modern image theory and provides a valuable account of our engagement with pictures in the 21st century. UK March 2018 • US March 2018 • 280 pages • 4 colour illustrations PB 9781350064027 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781474232647 Individual eBook 9781474232661 Library eBook 9781474232678 Bloomsbury Academic
Figural Philology
Panofsky and the Science of Things Adi Efal, University of Cologne, Germany Though inspired by a Panofskyan legacy, this book diverges at certain points from his declared objectives, and calls attention to aspects that have been less accentuated in his intellectual reception. Insisting on the importance of iconology as a method for art history and the humanities, it shows how examining this promotes a cooperation between the history of art and the history of philosophy. It discusses whether Panofsky’s method could be of use for general questions in the epistemology of the historical sciences that examine human works. Distilling Panofsky's writings, Efal selects the elements that could be useful for philosophy. UK April 2018 • US April 2018 • 224 pages PB 9781350067288 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781474254014 Individual eBook 9781474254045 Library eBook 9781474254021 Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy • Bloomsbury Academic
The Sublime Reader
Edited by Robert Clewis, Gwynedd Mercy University, USA The first in the English language collection of primary source material on the concept of the sublime, this book takes a chronological approach, covering the earliest ancient Greek tradition, through the modern period, and into contemporary theory. It includes an explanatory introduction and conclusion and takes an inclusive, interdisciplinary approach to this key concept in aesthetics. Including brief introductions to each section, an extensive bibliography and list of recommended reading, this is an ideal text to build a course around and a vital resource across humanities teaching. UK October 2018 • US October 2018 • 400 pages PB 9781350030169 • £28.99 / $39.95 • HB 9781350030152 • £90.00 / $122.00 Individual eBook 9781350030176 Library eBook 9781350030145 Bloomsbury Academic World English
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