A World Art History And Its Objects
David Carrier, "A World Art History And Its Objects"
Pennsylvania State University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0271034149 | 170 pages | PDF | 2,8 MB
Pennsylvania State University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0271034149 | 170 pages | PDF | 2,8 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.
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