An introduction to art theory that explains why innovation and controversy in art matter, discusses the relationship of art with beauty, culture, money, sex, and technology, and draws on examples from a variety of classical and contemporary sources.
Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes; Geoff Dyer (Foreword by); Richard Howard (Translator)
Call Number: TOK 770 BAR
ISBN: 9780374532338
Publication Date: 2010-10-12
Design As Art by Bruno Munari
Call Number: TOK 745.4 MUN
ISBN: 0141035811
Publication Date: 2019-10-08
Twentieth-century Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari discusses the role of design in everyday objects. Includes black-and-white drawings.
Offers a skeptical look at the nature of art, debunking claims that the arts make us better people or that judgements about art are anything more than personal opinion.
A BBC article looking at the fact that radio stations are now ‘editing’ what many consider to be the most brilliant of all Christmas songs, Fairytale of New York, sung by Shane MacGowan and Kirsty MacColl.
A National Geographic article, looking at the way in which many people are drawing on art to make sense of, and communicate their response to, the Covid crisis.
A History Today photo essay, that looks at what happens when our documentary evidence of indigenous culture is not based on ‘asymmetric power relations, subjugation, and colonialism’.
A Big Think article, looking at how some video games - such as The Last of Us II - qualify as 'great art' because they give us a profound insight into the human condition.
A New Humanist interview with John-Paul Stonard, who talks about his new book tracing the evolution of art from cave paintings to the contemporary era.
Camera Lucida by 
Design As Art by 
Musicophilia by 
The Rest Is Noise by 
The Story of Art by 
Ways of Seeing by 
What Good Are the Arts? by