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"Art in crisis".
[Today] we find a pursuit of illusions of artistic progress, of personal peculiarity, of "the new style," of "unsuspected possibilities," theoretical babble, pretentious fashionable artists, weightlifters with cardboard dumb-bells.... What do we possess to-day as "art"? A faked music, filled with artificial noisiness of massed instruments; a failed painting, full of idiotic, exotic and showcard effects, that every ten years or so concocts out of the form-wealth of millennia some new "style" which is in fact no style at all since everyone does as he pleases.... We cease to be able to date anything within centuries, let alone decades, by the language of its ornamentation. ...
- Discipline problem: Jonathan Gilmore on Hans Belting.(Art History after...
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Gilmore, Jonathan October 1, 2003 700+ words
...the grand tradition of art history no longer offers artists...academic discipline of art history forged in the furnace...School historian Hans Sedlmayr's scornful charge that...applied to the whole of art history in the practice of...
- Art history's anxiety attack. (visual studies vs. art history)
- Magazine article from: Afterimage Hernandez, Eloy J. May 1, 1997 700+ words
...1996) and "What Are They Doing To Art History?" in ARTnews (January 1997). Heller...reactions of many "disciplinarians" of art history. The October editors and many of the...the tried and true rigors of academic art history for the so-called trendy and gullible...
- An art history center in elementary school?(Cover story)
- Magazine article from: Arts & Activities VanTine, Michelle September 1, 2008 700+ words
...focused on developing a curriculum rich in art history and art criticism. To my great joy...to participate in the exploration of art history. Up to now, I've seen only a small number of elementary schools integrating art history and art criticism into their curriculum...
- Who is art history for?
- Magazine article from: Apollo Hall, Michael July 1, 2005 700+ words
...last month at a conference on academic art-history publishing organised by the Courtauld...tentatively. It is surely essential that if art history is to flourish as a discipline, it...based on peer review and, as far as art history is concerned, it is fair to say that...
- USPTO Issues Trademark LA RIVISTA BIANCA FMR to FMR - ART'E' for Books in Field...
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 12, 2009 700+ words
...sought are "Books in field of art, art history, fashion, fashion design; dictionaries...in the field of architecture, art, art history, history, fashion; magazines in the field of art, art history, history, fashion, architecture...
- Relating art history to what children know: teachers need to provide a natural...
- Magazine article from: School Arts Klesener, Ann November 1, 2001 700+ words
...classroom teachers approach teaching art history with many different styles and methods...Building on Experience The presentation of art history information should include examples...knows and experiences). To make the art history lesson meaningful to the student and...
- Amazing art history.
- Magazine article from: Arts & Activities Skophammer, Karen January 1, 2006 700+ words
...Paintbrushes LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will ... * be able to explain the goals of art history. * distinguish between art history and art criticism. * define art history. * define artistic style. * create works of art in the styles of different...
- Why stories? (folk art history stories; includes an excerpt from the art...
- Magazine article from: School Arts Erickson, Mary March 1, 1995 700+ words
Why tell art history stories? Why use fiction when there are so many real art history stories to tell? Let me propose two reasons...students should learn that understanding art history, as well as art making, can challenge their...
Source: HighBeam Research, "Art in crisis".