An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments
In this wide-ranging and 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. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of writings, episodes, and personalities, this original and accessible account of the development of art-historical thinking will appeal to readers both inside and outside the discipline.
The book shows that the pioneering chroniclers of the Italian Renaissance―Lorenzo Ghiberti and Giorgio Vasari―measured every epoch against fixed standards of quality. Only in the Romantic era did art historians discover the virtues of medieval art, anticipating the relativism of the later nineteenth century, when art history learned to admire the art of all societies and to value every work as an index of its times. The major art historians of the modern era, however―Jacob Burckhardt, Aby Warburg, Heinrich Wölfflin, Erwin Panofsky, Meyer Schapiro, and Ernst Gombrich―struggled to adapt their work to the rupture of artistic modernism, leading to the current predicaments of the discipline.
Combining erudition with clarity, this book makes a landmark contribution to the understanding of art history.
1 有用 不验证不让胡说 2019-11-04 02:55:48
稍稍有些失望,沒有特別明顯的narrative arc, 而對於自己比較感興趣的寫作與圖像生成 (technologies of the image) 的互動也基本沒有討論。當然,Wood的初衷可能也只是以匯總為主,作為讀書札記還是很有營養的,教書的時候可做參考。
0 有用 方觉夏深 2022-09-22 10:42:10 浙江
这位老师好会写文章 “字字珠玑”了
0 有用 FoundObject 2021-01-21 00:35:50
I'm allergic to this kind of judgment.
0 有用 ttdd_3 2020-08-05 17:06:45
dense but readable佩服 一开始真的是强迫自己在读,后来阅读体验变得越来越流畅,可能也是习惯了这样密集的信息量,同时也没指望自己全部理解。期待以后再读。 有几个学期看到Professor Wood的课,可惜没机会亲身体验。在寻找关于艺术史的历史和发展的书,一看作者竟是他,就立马买来读了。 惊喜的是提到了古代中国学者对于艺术史的贡献,可是在书的后半段就完全没有提到相关内容了。
0 有用 方觉夏深 2022-09-22 10:42:10 浙江
这位老师好会写文章 “字字珠玑”了
0 有用 FoundObject 2021-01-21 00:35:50
I'm allergic to this kind of judgment.
0 有用 ttdd_3 2020-08-05 17:06:45
dense but readable佩服 一开始真的是强迫自己在读,后来阅读体验变得越来越流畅,可能也是习惯了这样密集的信息量,同时也没指望自己全部理解。期待以后再读。 有几个学期看到Professor Wood的课,可惜没机会亲身体验。在寻找关于艺术史的历史和发展的书,一看作者竟是他,就立马买来读了。 惊喜的是提到了古代中国学者对于艺术史的贡献,可是在书的后半段就完全没有提到相关内容了。
1 有用 不验证不让胡说 2019-11-04 02:55:48
稍稍有些失望,沒有特別明顯的narrative arc, 而對於自己比較感興趣的寫作與圖像生成 (technologies of the image) 的互動也基本沒有討論。當然,Wood的初衷可能也只是以匯總為主,作為讀書札記還是很有營養的,教書的時候可做參考。