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A World Art History And Its Objects

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Penn State Press, 2008 - History - 170 pages
"In this 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."--BOOK JACKET.
  

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Contents

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1 Works of Art and ArtHistorical Narratives
21
2 Monocultural ArtHistory Narratives
27
3 Why Monoculturalism Is Not the Whole Story
35
4 What Happens When ArtMaking Traditions Intersect
47
5 Charts and Works of Art
61
6 The Importance of an Aesthetic
75
7 Exotic Aesthetics
91
8 How Exotic Can Exotic Art Be?
105
9 Our World Art History Is Imperialism Seen Aesthetically
117
10 Mutual Respect as an Ethical Ideal
131
The Coming Transformation of Western Art History
143
Selective Annotated Bibliography
155
Index
167
Back Cover
171
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About the author (2008)

David Carrier is the Champney Family Professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art. His numerous books include Sean Scully; Writing about Visual Art, The Aesthetics of Comics, and High Art: Charles Baudelaire and the Origins of Modernist Painting.

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