Art History: A Critical Introduction to Its Methods

'Art History: A critical introduction to its methods provides a lively and stimulating introduction to methodological debates within art history. Offering a lucid account of approaches from Hegel to post-colonialism, the book provides a sense of art history’s own history as a discipline from its emergence in the late eighteenth century to contemporary debates. By explaining the underlying philosophical and political assumptions behind each method, along with clear examples of how these are brought to bear on visual and historical analysis, the authors show that an adherence to a certain method is, in effect, a commitment to a set of beliefs and values. The book makes a strong case for the vitality of the discipline and its methodological centrality to new fields such as visual culture.

'This book will be of enormous value to undergraduate and graduate students, and also makes its own contributions to ongoing scholarly debates about theory and method.' (Back Cover)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Access level

Onsite

author

Michael HATT,

Charlotte KLONK

publisher

Manchester University Press (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Location code

REF.KLC

Language

English

Keywords

art history, art theory, critical theory, feminism, postcolonialism

Publication/Creation date

2006

No of pages

250

ISBN / ISSN

9780719069598

No of copies

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

1. Introduction

PART ONE

2. A Variety of Interpretations: A Preview

3. Hegel and the Birth of Art History

Hegel's Philosophy of Art

Hegel's Art History

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

4. Connoisseurship

Style, Manner and Artistic Character: Karl Friedrich von Rumohr

Rumohr's Art History

Giovanni Morelli

Morelli's Natural History of Art

Bernard Berenson

Berenson's Method

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

5. Formalism: Heinrich Wölfflin and Alois Riegl

Formalism

Heinrich Wölfflin

Wölfflin's Art History

Alois Riegl

Riegl's Art History

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

6. Iconography–iconology: Erwin Panofsky

Panofsky's Theoretical Framework

Panofsky's Method in Action

Melancholia I

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

7. Marxism and the Social History of Art

Marxism

Marxist Art History

Social Art History

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

PART TWO

8. Feminism

Setting the Agenda: Nochlin, Parker and Pollock

Michel Foucault: Discourse and Power

Gay, Lesbian, Queer

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

9. Psychoanalysis

Freud on Leonardo

Looking and Lacanian Analysis

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

10. Semiotics

Saussure

Icon, Index, Symbol: Peirce

Semiotics in Practice

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

11. Postcolonialism

Edward Said and Orientalism

Hybridity

Critical Appraisal

Bibliography

12. Conclusion

Art History: A Critical Introduction to Its Methods

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