A World Art History and Its Objects Paperback / softback
by David Carrier
Paperback / softback
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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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 13 Charts; 11 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication Date:15/01/2010
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- ISBN:9780271034157
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages, 13 Charts; 11 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication Date:15/01/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780271034157
