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Art in Theory 1900-2000
An Anthology of Changing Ideas
by Charles Harrison

"Occasionally one comes across a book that is at once compelling and frightening, a book that excites and disorientates, a book with intimations of the sublime. Art in Theory is such a book. An indispensable source book."
(Arlis News–Sheet

This popular anthology of twentieth–century art theoretical texts has now been expanded to take account of new research, and to include significant contributions to art theory from the 1990s. New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth–century art–theoretical texts. Now updated to include the results of new research, together with significant contributions from the 1990s. Includes writings by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. The editors provide contextual introductions to 340 texts. Complements Art in Theory 1648–1815 and Art in Theory 1815–1900 to create a complete survey of the theories underpinning the development of art in the modern period.

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Below Stairs: 400 Years of Servants' Portraits
by Anne French & Giles Waterfield

"Below Stairs" is a study of servant portraiture in Britain and is illustrated with works by Hogarth, Gainsborough and Stubbs. Continuing the examination of traditional domestic life explored in the films "Gosford Park" and "Remains of the Day", "Below Stairs" is also the subject of a BBC Four documentary. Featuring portraits of all ranks of servant the book illustrates the shifting organisation of households through the centuries, and the highly complex relationships between employers and employees. Traditionally, portraiture in Britain has concentrated on recording the upper classes and the celebrated. Instead, "Below Stairs" explores the representation of the servant, be it in a grand or modest household, in the country or in the town, at the royal courts or at colleges and clubs. This groundbreaking selection of paintings and photographs tells a fascinating story about power, class and human relationships spanning over 400 years of social and economic history.

About the Authors

Anne French is a freelance art historian and curator. She was previously Keeper of Fine Art at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Acting Curator at Kenwood House.

Giles Waterfield is an independent fine art curator, art historian and novelist. Former director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery he is currently Director of the Attingham Summer School and Royal Collection Studies.

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Exactitude: Hyperrealist Art Today
by John Russell Taylor & Maggie Bollaert

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Plus One Gallery in London, this astonishing book presents a selection of contemporary artists working in a figurative, hyperrealist style. It includes work ranging from still lifes and extreme closeups to large scale cityscapes and landscape painting, and features an enormous range of artists from around the world, all of whom work in a meticulous fashion and for whom the brushstroke is subservient to the image itself. This breathtaking, large format volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in art in the 21st century.

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