Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies
About the Book Series
Routledge Focus on Art History and Visual Studies presents short-form books on varied topics within the fields of art history and visual studies.
The Power and Fluidity of Girlhood in Henry Darger’s Art
1st Edition
By Leisa Rundquist
January 09, 2023
This book is the first to examine Henry Darger’s conceptual and visual representation of “girls” and girlhood. Specifically, Leisa Rundquist charts the artist’s use of little girl imagery—his direct appropriations from mainstream sources as well as girls modified to meet his needs—in contexts that ...
Post-Conflict Monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Unfinished Histories
1st Edition
By Uroš Čvoro
February 01, 2022
At a time of dramatic struggles over monuments around the world, this book examines monuments that have been erected in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) since 1996. Examining the historical precedents for the high rate of monumentbuilding, and its links to ongoing political instability ...
Contemporary Sculpture and the Critique of Display Cultures: Tainted Goods
1st Edition
By Dan Adler
June 30, 2020
In this book, Dan Adler addresses recent tendencies in contemporary art toward assemblage sculpture and how these works incorporate tainted materials – often things left on the side of the road, according to the logic and progress of the capitalist machine – and combine them in ways that allow each...