Toward a Geography of Art Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition
by Thomas Dacosta Kaufmann
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The term art as the concept is now used in the sense of the visual arts (painting, sculpture, architecture, etc.) was not specifically elaborated as such in antiquity; the modern definition of the visual arts is at most three centuries old.
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Art history traditionally classifies works of art by country as well as period, but often political borders and cultural boundaries are highly complex and fluid. Questions of identity, policy, and exchange make it difficult to determine the "place" of art, and often the art itself results from these conflicts of geography and culture. Addressing an important approach to art history, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann's book offers essays that focus on the intricacies of accounting for the geographical dimension of art history during the early modern period in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.
Toward a Geography of Art presents a historical overview of these complexities, debates contemporary concerns, and completes its exploration with a diverse collection of case studies. Employing the author's expertise in a variety of fields, the book delves into critical issues such as transculturation of indigenous traditions, mestizaje, the artistic metropolis, artistic diffusion, transfer, circulation, subversion, and center and periphery. What results is a foundational study that establishes the geography of art as a subject and forces us to reconsider assumptions about the place of art that underlie the longstanding narratives of art history.Details
- Title Toward a Geography of Art
- Author Thomas Dacosta Kaufmann
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 504
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2004-03-14
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226133119 / 0226133117
- Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.26 x 1.28 in (23.67 x 15.90 x 3.25 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Art - Historiography, Art and geography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003012631
- Dewey Decimal Code 707.22
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