"Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art addresses how researchers can challenge stereotypical notions of Islam and Islamic art while avoiding the creation of new myths and the encouragement of nationalistic and ethnic attitudes. Despite its Orientalist origins, the field of Isl…
In the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken, define and orientate an ecological sensibility within the history of art? Building on the latest work in the discipline, this book provides th…
Study of the migration of motifs, materials, personnel, and finished objects in Eurasia has a long pedigree in medieval art history, and the broadening attention to material culture as an alternative to purely textually based historical accounts has been integral to reshaping th…
"As the theoretical alignments within academia shift, this book introduces a surprising variety of realism to abolish the old positivist-theory dichotomy that has haunted Art History. Demanding frankly the referential detachment of the objects under study, the book proposes a st…
"Which were the books that shaped art history as it developed in the twentieth century? This pioneering volume is a concise and brilliant study of the discipline of Art History and an invaluable resource for students, teachers, bibliophiles and all those interested in visual cul…
"Which were the books that shaped art history as it developed in the twentieth century? This pioneering volume is a concise and brilliant study of the discipline of Art History and an invaluable resource for students, teachers, bibliophiles and all those interested in visual cul…
by Onians, John, Clark Conference Compression Vs. Expression: Containing and Explaining the World's Art, Williamstown, Mass, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Conference, Williamstown, Mass.)
fromClark studies in the visual arts
How do we do justice to art when we treat it not as a discrete European or other regional tradition, but as a worldwide phenomenon with a long history? These essays explore the conflict between the need to compress and the desire to express the worlds art. All those who work wit…
Art History Versus Aesthetics presents ten historians and aestheticians in animated conversation. Twenty scholars then offer their commentary on that conversation, in forms ranging from informal letters to full essays with footnotes; some think they have the answer in hand, and …
