A World Art History and Its Objects
A World Art History and Its Objects by David Carrier
English | November 28, 2008 | ISBN: 0271034149, 0271034157 | True PDF | 200 pages | 32.4 MB
English | November 28, 2008 | ISBN: 0271034149, 0271034157 | True PDF | 200 pages | 32.4 MB
Is writing a world art history possible? Does the history of art as such even exist outside the Western tradition? Is it possible to consider the history of art in a way that is not fundamentally Eurocentric?
In this highly readable and provocative book, David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written - or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural art history. Focusing on a consideration of intersecting artistic traditions, Carrier negotiates the way meaning and understanding shift or are altered when a visual object from one culture, for example, is inserted into the visual tradition of another culture.
"A World Art History and Its Objects" proposes the use of temporal narrative as a way to begin to understand a multicultural art history.