The authors, combining an academic approach with the wit of comics, explore debates about the essence of art throughout history—from Paleolithic cave paintings to postmodernism—in a detailed and engaging manner. Supplementary text includes comments from artists, philosophers, and art historians, allowing us to assess how ideas about art have evolved over the past three millennia. As a result, complex theoretical problems in art history turn out to be simpler than we think. The publication was released as part of a joint project between Masters Publishing and Ad Marginem Publishing.

Author: Richard Osborne, Dan Sturgis, Natalie Turner
Publishing House: Ad Marginem
Year: 2023
Number of pages: 192
Cover type: paperback
Translator: Anastasia Susloparova, Marie Michel, Daria Pokholkova (Dmitry Simanovsky's literary translation workshop)
Illustrator: Narine Faramazyan, ABCdesign, Ekaterina Pankratova