SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORIOGRAPHY OF ART
"The principles, theory, and history of historical writing."
(Webster definition of historiography)
Explanatory Texts
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Kleinbauer, W. Eugene, and Thomas P. Slavens. Research Guide to the
History of Western Art. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982.
Contains an annotated list of major reference works and supplies a
brief description of methodological approaches.
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Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Modern Perspectives in Western Art History: An
Anthology of 20th Century Writings on the Visual Arts. New York: Holt,
Rinehart, 1971.
Lengthy introduction explains various methodologies which are then
illustrated by essays.
General Sources (Older)
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Wolfflin, Heinrich. Principles of Art History. New York: Dover,
1950.
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Schlosser, Julius von. Die Kunstliterature: Ein Handbuch zur Quellenkunde
der neuern Kunstgeschichte. Wien: A. Schroll, 1924.
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Schlosser, Julius von. La letteratura artistica: manuale delle fonti
della storia dell'arte moderna. Trans. by F. Rossi. Florence, 1964.
A important early source for methodology, although not complete in
the Italian translation. Contains an extensive bibliography of older, classical
sources for the study of historiography.
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Riegl, Alois. Die Enstehung der Barockkunst in Rom. Wien: A. Schroll,
1908.
Riegl is a major figure in the early development of art history.
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German Essays on Art History. Ed. by Gert Schiff. New York: Continuum,
1988.
A selection of essays written by art historians who helped to shape
modern art history.
Comprehensive Sources (More Recent)
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Barasch, Moshe. Theories of Art: From Plato to Winckelmann. New
York: New York University Press, 1985.
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Barasch, Moshe. Modern Theories of Art: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire.
New York: New York University Press, 1990.
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Kulturmann, Udo. The History of Art History. New York: Abaris, 1993.
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Minor, Vernon Hyde. Art History's History. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice Hall, 1994.
Special Approaches or Topics
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Arnheim, Rudolf. Toward a Psychology of Art: Collected Essays. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1967.
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Belting, Hans. The End of the History of Art Trans. by Christopher
S. Wood. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
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Broude, Norma, and Mary D. Garrard. Feminism and Art History: Questioning
the Litany. New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
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Calligram: Essays in New Art History From France. Ed. by Norman
Bryson. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
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Carrier, David. Principles of Art History Writing. University Park,
PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993.
Historical examination about art writing and how it has changed through
the years.
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Early Years of Art History in the United States: Notes and Essays on
Departments, Teaching, and Scholars. Ed. by Craig Hugh Smyth and Peter
M. Lukehart. Princeton: Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University,
1993.
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Goldstein, Carl. Teaching Art: Academies and Schools From Vasari to
Albers. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Looks at the academies and schools and how they have shaped art historical
writing and vice versa.
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Hauser, Arnold. The Social History of Art. New York: Vintage, 1957.
4 vol.
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Johnson, W. McAllister. Art History: Its Use and Abuse. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1988.
Main focus is on the genre of catalogue writing.
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Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture: An
Annotated Bibliography and Historiography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1992.
Lengthy introduction explains various methods of inquiry and cites
authors and sources. A very rich source of historiography for the period
and subject it covers.
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The New Art History. Ed. by A.L. Rees and Frances Borzello. Atlantic
Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1988.
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Preziosi, Donald. Rethinking Art History: Meditations on a Coy Science.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989.
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Problemi di metodo: condizioni di esistenza di una storia dell'arte.
(Atti di xxiv Congresso Internazionale di Storia dell'arte) Bologna: Clueb,
1982.
Contributions from several art historians examining aspects of art
historical study and writing. Contributions in English, French, German
and Italian.
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Soussloff, Catherine M. The Absolute Artist: The Historiography of a
Concept. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Art Historians
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Brush, Kathryn. The Shaping of Art History: Wilhelm Voge, Adolph Goldschmidt,
and the Study of Medieval Art. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University
Press, 1996.
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Holly, Michael Ann. Panofsky and the Foundations of Art History.
Ithaca: Cornell, 1984.
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Iversen, Margaret. Alois Riegl: Art History and Theory. Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press, 1993.
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Podro, Michael. The Critical Historians of Art. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1982.
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Potts, Alex. Flesh and the Ideal: Winckelmann and the Origins of Art
History. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.