140×215 (60×90/16), paperback, ill., 344 pp., 2004
ISBN 5-86793-237-0

Alexander Rappaport’s book offers a series of free reflections on art as such: its language and ‘languages’, art history, the dynamics of evolving movements and, most of all, the philosophy of art. A well-known philosopher and specialist in the history of architecture, Rappaport currently divides his time between the United Kingdom, Russia and Latvia. In Letters on Art, he examines the material of others without being bound by the strict discourse of art history. The result is a fresh look at the many-faceted area of art offering a multitude of entirely new intellectual approaches and viewpoints. Rappaport’s book is particularly valuable in today’s cultural situation, when art is often viewed in the context of the disappearance of life painting.

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