Full Description
The Present Prospects of Social Art History represents a major reconsideration of how art historians analyze works of art and the role that historical factors, both those at the moment when the work was created and when the historian addresses the objects at hand, play in informing their interpretations. Featuring the work of some of the discipline's leading scholars, the volume contains a collection of essays that consider the advantages, limitations, and specific challenges of seeing works of art primarily through a historical perspective. The assembled texts, along with an introduction by the co-editors, demonstrate an array of possible methodological approaches that acknowledge the crucial role of history in the creation, reception, and exhibition of works of art.
Contents
List of Figures
Introduction, Robert Slifkin (New York University, USA) and Anthony E. Grudin (University of Vermont, USA)
1. Social Art History in Retrospect, Elizabeth Mansfield (Getty Foundation, USA)
2. Marat's Two Bodies, Hector Reyes (University of Southern California, Dornsife, USA)
3. The Anti-Heroism of Modern Life, or the Social History of Art in Standard Time, André Dombrowski (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
4. T. J. Clark, Peasant Materialism, and the End of Social Art History, Anthony E. Grudin (University of Vermont, USA)
5. Daumier and Method, Jordan M. Rose (University of California, San Diego, USA)
6. The Age of Social Art History: Berger, Clark, Fried, Alexander Nemerov (Stanford University, USA)
7. A Secret History of Martin Wong, Marci Kwon (Stanford University, USA)
8. Vernacular Modernism All Over the Deep South, Our Literal Speed (Independent Artists and Scholars, USA)
9. Note to Self: On the Blurring of Art and Life, Jo Applin (Courtauld Institute, UK)
10. The Role of Form in the Social History of Art, Joshua Shannon (University of Maryland, USA)
11. Abject Art History, Robert Slifkin (New York University, USA)
List of Contributors
Index
