The Critical Historians of Art

The Critical Historians of Art

Author: Michael Podro

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1982-01-01

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780300032406

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Reviews the work of nineteenth-century German art critics and connects their writings with the basic philosophical problems of aesthetics considered by Kant, Schiller, and Hegel


The Art of Art History

The Art of Art History

Author: Donald Preziosi

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 0199229848

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This anthology is a guide to understanding art history through critical reading of the field's most innovative and influential texts, focusing on the past two centuries.


Blind Spots

Blind Spots

Author: Frederic J. Schwartz

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780300108293

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In four extended case studies, the book traces the way in which central concepts of the aesthetics later termed "Frankfurt School" were deeply rooted in contemporary developments in painting, photography, architecture and films as well as psychology, advertising and the discipline of art history as it was practised by figures such as Heinrich Wolfflin, Erwin Panofsky, Wilhelm Pinder and Hans Sedlmayr. By studying the emergence and importance of the concepts of 'fashion', 'distraction', 'non-simultaneity' and 'mimesis' in the work of the critical theorists, the book traces the shifting intersection between the history of art and the Frankfurt School and seeks to uncover its specific logic.


Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition

Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition

Author: Robert S. Nelson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2010-03-15

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 0226571696

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"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. But questions about the categories of "art" and "art history" acquired increased urgency during the 1970s, when new developments in critical theory and other intellectual projects dramatically transformed the discipline. The first edition of Critical Terms for Art History both mapped and contributed to those transformations, offering a spirited reassessment of the field's methods and terminology. Art history as a field has kept pace with debates over globalization and other social and political issues in recent years, making a second edition of this book not just timely, but crucial. Like its predecessor, this new edition consists of essays that cover a wide variety of "loaded" terms in the history of art, from sign to meaning, ritual to commodity. Each essay explains and comments on a single term, discussing the issues the term raises and putting the term into practice as an interpretive framework for a specific work of art. For example, Richard Shiff discusses "Originality" in Vija Celmins's To Fix the Image in Memory, a work made of eleven pairs of stones, each consisting of one "original" stone and one painted bronze replica. In addition to the twenty-two original essays, this edition includes nine new ones—performance, style, memory/monument, body, beauty, ugliness, identity, visual culture/visual studies, and social history of art—as well as new introductory material. All help expand the book's scope while retaining its central goal of stimulating discussion of theoretical issues in art history and making that discussion accessible to both beginning students and senior scholars. Contributors: Mark Antliff, Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Stephen Bann, Homi K. Bhabha, Suzanne Preston Blier, Michael Camille, David Carrier, Craig Clunas, Whitney Davis, Jas Elsner, Ivan Gaskell, Ann Gibson, Charles Harrison, James D. Herbert, Amelia Jones, Wolfgang Kemp, Joseph Leo Koerner, Patricia Leighten, Paul Mattick Jr., Richard Meyer, W. J. T. Mitchell, Robert S. Nelson, Margaret Olin, William Pietz, Alex Potts, Donald Preziosi, Lisbet Rausing, Richard Shiff, Terry Smith, Kristine Stiles, David Summers, Paul Wood, James E. Young


The Expressionist Turn in Art History

The Expressionist Turn in Art History

Author: Dr Kimberly A. Smith

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1409449998

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During the period in which Expressionist artists were active in central Europe, art historians were producing texts which were characterized as ‘expressionist’, yet the notion of an expressionist art history has yet to be fully explored in historiographic studies. This anthology offers a cross-section of noteworthy art history texts written 1912-1933 that have been described as expressionist, along with commentaries by an international group of scholars. Together they offer a productive lens through which to re-examine the practice and theory of early twentieth-century art history.


Nineteenth Century Art

Nineteenth Century Art

Author: Stephen F. Eisenman

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780500289242

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This new fourth edition includes four revised chapters together with a substantially expanded chapter on Photography, Modernity and Art.


Visual Shock

Visual Shock

Author: Michael Kammen

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2009-04-22

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0307548775

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In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He illuminates America’s obsession with public memorials and the changing role of art and museums in our society. From Thomas Eakins’s 1875 masterpiece The Gross Clinic, (considered “too big, bold, and gory” when first exhibited) to the bitter disputes about Maya Lin’s Vietnam War Memorial, this is an eye-opening account of American art and the battles and controversies that it has ignited.


Art and Public History

Art and Public History

Author: Rebecca Bush

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-05-11

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 144226845X

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Art and Public History: Approaches, Opportunities, and Challenges examines the relationship between art and public history, outlining opportunities, challenges, and insights drawn from recent initiatives. With a special eye towards audience engagement and challenging historical narratives, all of the case studies and projects combine historical interpretation with contemporary and historical forms of visual art in unique and insightful ways. In addition to emphasizing the kind of practical advice found in the best case studies, this volume also offers a critical discussion of the concepts, tools, skills and technologies that contribute to fruitful interdisciplinary collaboration. These issues are addressed through sections on projects related to historical artworks; contemporary art and artists; and public art and the built environment. It addresses how public historians can incorporate art into their practice by outlining opportunities, challenges, and insights drawn from recent projects in the United States and Britain. These projects have taken place across a variety of platforms, including local and national history museums; art galleries; digital archives; classrooms; historical markers; and public art projects. The case studies incorporate the perspectives of different stakeholders, including public historians, artists, and audiences. The book will provide both public history practitioners and academics with useful guidance on how art can be integrated into public history initiatives, through critical discussion of tools, strategies, and technologies that contribute to fruitful collaboration and audience engagement across a variety of platforms. Readers will walk away with new ideas, strategies, and practical considerations for interdisciplinary projects to attract audiences in new ways.


Time in the History of Art

Time in the History of Art

Author: Dan Karlholm

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-27

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1351858971

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Addressed to students of the image—both art historians and students of visual studies—this book investigates the history and nature of time in a variety of different environments and media as well as the temporal potential of objects. Essays will analyze such topics as the disparities of power that privilege certain forms of temporality above others, the nature of temporal duration in different cultures, the time of materials, the creation of pictorial narrative, and the recognition of anachrony as a form of historical interpretation.


Art History's History

Art History's History

Author: Vernon Hyde Minor

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 9780131946064

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This undergraduate text covers the standard (old and new) methodological approaches to art history, in a clear, direct and understandable way.