An exemplary survey that reassesses the impact of the most important books to have shaped art history through the twentieth century Written by some of today’s leading art historians and curators, this new collection provides an invaluable road map of the field by comparing and reexamining canonical works of art history. From Émile Mâle’s magisterial study of thirteenth-century French art, first published in 1898, to Hans Belting’s provocative Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art, the book provides a concise and insightful overview of the history of art, told through its most enduring literature. Each of the essays looks at the impact of a single major book of art history, mapping the intellectual development of the writer under review, setting out the premises and argument of the book, considering its position within the broader field of art history, and analyzing its significance in the context of both its initial reception and its afterlife. An introduction by John-Paul Stonard explores how art history has been forged by outstanding contributions to scholarship, and by the dialogues and ruptures between them.
"In this authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history.
“Why do artists love books?” This volume takes this tantalizingly simple question as a starting point to reveal centuries of symbiosis between the visual and literary arts.
Smith, J. C. (1981), 'The Kings and Queens', The History Journal, Smith, P. (ed.), London: Little Brown, pp. 200-28. References to articles/essays in a journal Author's name and initials, (year of publication), 'title of article', ...
Like Hebdige, Myers finds Marxism inadequate in a number of key analytic (and implicitly political) respects. Myers, like Mulvey, Burgin, and Pollock, finds Marxism's blindspot to be its lack of interest in women and their relation to ...
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Unique among the "Art Of" series, The Art of History engages with both fiction and narrative nonfiction to reveal varied strategies of incorporating and dramatizing historical detail.
Bottom right: Lucile Lloyd, mural for the California State Building in Los Angeles, WPA, 1936 Lucile Lloyd, a muralist who studied at the Art Students League and Cooper Union, was the first woman artist in ...
A more global, flexible way to teach art history
Stylishly illustrated with over two hundred images, this book is nothing less than an alternative education for anyone interested in the powerful role that art plays in our society.
A clear and concise overview of the fundamentals shared by visual arts across the globe, enabling the reader to think carefully, inquisitively, and critically about art.