The Art of Writing about Art
The Art of Writing about Art
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关于艺术的写作艺术
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2017
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Paul Barolsky
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Paul Barolsky
Language is the essential instrument of art history as it is of all the humanities. It is necessarily the vehicle of art historical interpretation. After all, without words one cannot proceed to explain or illuminate the work of art, which in itself is mute. No matter what the topic of the art historian, no matter what her theory or method, what she does is write in order to make sense of her subject. Whether dealing with art theory, style, aesthetics, iconography, ideology, gender, sexuality, visual culture, geography, or technology; whether considering art in relation to social, political, and economic history, to science, theology, and philosophy; whether explicating installation art, video, painting, stained glass, mosaics, sculpture, architecture, drawing, photography, engraving,