Art History's History

by Vernon Hyde Minor

Written in jargon-free, reader-friendly language, this is one of the first volumes to make art historical theory accessible to those at the introductory level. A review of contemporary theory of art history provides readers with lucid prose and concrete examples. Discussion of eighteenth- and nineteenth- century theories that are important to art history offers readers a review of historically important issues in philosophy. Illustrations of well-known works of art show readers how theory has application to images. Art historians and educators.

Genres: Art History, Art, Nonfiction, History, Textbooks

228 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Mana Ravanbod · Rating 4 out of 5]

قدری فرق دارد با تاریخ‌هنرهای کرور کرورِ بی‌مصرف و خاصیتِ این‌سالها که صرفِ وجودِ ویکی‌پدیا آنها را مهمل می‌کند. این کتاب پایه‌ای و آموزشی‌ست ولی در میان متون فارسی درجه‌یک و بی‌همتاست که با ترجمه‌ی درخور عرضه شده و با خواندن آن نه ارضای هوسِ خواندنِ تاریخِ هنر و توهمِ اشراف بر آن، بلکه می‌توان سیرتطوری تاریخی درک کرد از خاستگاه‌ها و نظریات و شیوه‌های تاریخِ هنر‌نویسی و فهمِ تاریخ‌هنر؛ بخصوص در فصل نخست با اثرات کلیسا و آکادمیِ فرانسه و آکادمی‌های بعدی بر فهمِ ما از هنرِ مدرن آگاه شد. کاش نویسنده در سیرِ مباحث از یونان باستان و افلاطون تا پساساختارگرایی و بینامتنیت حوصله‌ی بیشتری به خرج می‌داد و حالا شرحِ دقیق‌تری از این مسیر داشتیم. بخشِ ۱۰- هانریش ولفلین، ۱۱- مرجعیت بصری، خبرگی، سبک و فرمالیسم و ‌ ۱۵- خوانش تاریخ هنر را از دست ندهید که لذتی نگفتنی دارد.

[Mary Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh. This book started off good but I think it would be better suited just for one article or an undergraduate thesis. It drags on far too long, using six different examples to illustrate one point and quoting so many articles that the actual content of the articles gets buried under five guys paraphrasing the same thing repeatedly. As for it claiming to be a "plain language" history of art, Minor is going to hell for lying on that front. Probably wouldn't recommend.

[Kourosh Ghaniyoun · Rating 2 out of 5]

ساده سازي مفاهيم و رويكرد هاي انتقادي تاريخ هنر، شمشيري است دو لبه كه اين كتاب هر دو لبه را شامل مي شود. اشارات دم دستي به روان كاوي و بينامتنيت مي توانند صرفا آموزنده باشند اما نمي توان ماركسيسم را در ١٥ صفحه خلاصه كرد و انتظار داشت خواننده در اين آش درهم جوش چيزي به دست آورد.
اگر تا به حال در مورد تاريخ هنر و رويكردهاي انتقادي آن چيزي نخوانده ايد، شايد اين كتاب بتواند كمك حالتان باشد، در غير اين صورت وقتتان را تلف نكنيد.

[Mert · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5 Stars (%35/100)

"Written in jargon-free, reader-friendly language," it says but I have to disagree. Though this is actually a good source in art, it gets very complicated very quickly. Too many quotations and examples over a simple thing and you start to get lost. I would not particularly recommend it but check it out yourself if you are interested nonetheless.

[Melissa Ski · Rating 5 out of 5]

yea art history!

[Jonathan Barnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good. Gave satisfying historical context, a nice primer on aesthetic theory and approaches to art history. Its coverage of semiotics and deconstruction toward the end were solid. It felt like Minor actually wanted the reader to have a more than surface-level understanding of how developments in literary theory and social theory impact his field, and it shows in the exposition.

The book would have gained a lot from a Further Reading section, but the sources at the end of each chapter work well enough.

[Sahan]

GOOOD

[Andrea Sofia Matos · Rating 4 out of 5]

For anyone in the art history, fine arts and visual arts this book is an absolute must! A short and compact manual of the biggest theories of the history of art

[Joe Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overly simplistic, but a helpful overview.

[Heather T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good stories. A bit of a survey, but I can use some of these in my class.

[Tamara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent as an introduction of basic art history theory and as a reference source.

[Lazy Spice · Rating 2 out of 5]

A decent overview, but too outdated to recommend at this point.

[Jairo Salazar · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a long time I thought this book was the best anthology when it comes to art history and its writings. However, after rereading it, I feel the book is divided on two sections. The first part, undoubtedly, gives us a very broad idea of art historical issues and its development through time, from Plato to Winckelmann. The second part, though, seems to navigate towards an interdisciplinary approach that often misses what I believed was the main point of the book: to talk about the history of the discipline. Instead, the last part of the book dealing with contemporary and postmodern topics tends to focus more on the definitions and different methodologies applied to art historical analyses, such as deconstructivism, semiotics and, psychoanalysis rather than to fully understand its impact or role (if so) in the discipline. In conclusion, the author seems to feel more comfortable with classical aspects of art historical writing than to what has come into the ground from the 20th century onwards.

[Opwonya Wilson]

its good

[Nur · Rating 3 out of 5]

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