The End of Diversity in Art Historical Writing

James Elkins

Published by De Gruyter 2021

The End of Diversity in Art Historical Writing

North Atlantic Art History and its Alternatives

James Elkins

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110722475

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About this book

The End of Diversity in Art Historical Writing is the most globally informed book on world art history, drawing on research in 76 countries. In addition some chapters have been crowd sourced: posted on the internet for comments, which have been incorporated into the text. It covers the principal accounts of Eurocentrism, center and margins, circulations and atlases of art, decolonial theory, incommensurate cultures, the origins and dissemination of the "October" model, problems of access to resources, models of multiple modernisms, and the emergence of English as the de facto lingua franca of art writing.

The most international book on contemporary art history, drawing on research in 76 countries
The most comprehensive review of recent theories of world art, including decolonial theory, post-national, theories of the local, provincial, and regional.

Author information

James Elkins, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
1. The Conditions Under Which Global Art History Is Studied Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Leading Terms: Master Narrative, Western, Central, Peripheral, North Atlantic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3 Are Art Criticism, Art Theory, Art Instruction, and the Novel Global Phenomena? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4 The Example of Art Since 1900 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
5 State of the Field: Six Current Strategies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
6 Reasons Why Escape is Not Possible Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
7 Finding Terms and Methods for Art History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
8 Writing About Modernist Painting Outside Western Europe and North America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
9 The Most Difficult Problem for Global Art History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Envoi: Writing Itself Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Main Points Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (art history, art theory, globalism, visual art)
Pages
- Main content: 221
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 7
Keywords: Art history; art theory; globalism; visual art

eBook

Published: December 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110722475

Paperback

Published: December 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110681109