| Discourses and Strategies: The Role of the Vienna School in Shaping Central European Approaches to Art History and Related Discourses Contributor(s): Slowakische Akademie Der (Editor), Bakos, Ján (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631644523 ISBN-13: 9783631644522 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $82.32 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 707.22 |
| LCCN: 2013016173 |
| Series: Schriftenreihe Der Slowakischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.6" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book consists of essays on the Vienna School's impact on Central European art history, Walter Benjamin's move from transhistoricism to historical relativism, Jacob Burckhardt's legacy and its metamorphoses, two competing conceptions of the social history of art, and Ernst Gombrich's life long struggle against metaphysics. All share a common denominator: concern with the trajectories of art historical ideas and their ideological instrumentality. However, the author's aim in analysing the premises and intentions of art historical discourse is not to undermine the credibility of art history by reducing it to total epistemological relativism. The historiography of art historical theories and critical reflection on their ideological background is understood by the author as an auxiliary art historical subdiscipline. |