Author:
Arnold, Dana, author
Edition Statement:Second edition ; Fully updated new edition.
ImprintOxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Imprint2020
Descriptionxxvi, 137 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Note:What is art history? -- Writing art history -- A global art history? -- Presenting art history -- Thinking about art history -- Reading art -- Looking at art.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131) and index.
Note:Art History: A Very Short Introduction considers the issues, debates, and artefacts that make up art history. It explores the emergence of social histories of art and, using a wide range of images, it discusses key aspects of the discipline including how we write about, present, read, and look at art, and the impact this has on our understanding of art history. This second edition includes a new chapter on global art histories, considering how the traditional emphasis on periods and styles in art originated in Western art and can obscure other critical approaches and artwork from non-Western cultures.
