Art Criticism (an encyclopedia entry, written for the Grove Dictionary of Art, and interestingly censored by them). It's a survey of major theories of art criticism.
The idea of close reading is fundamental in art history and literary criticism. This essay is about the coherence of the idea in art history and in some archaeology.
Is "art history" the name of a discipline, or an area of interest, that is practiced throughout the world? Or is it a Western interest, currently spreading along with capitalism?
An essay on the concept of the sublime in art, rehearsing the history of the postmodern sublime, and calling for a moratorium on its use.
An essay on the relation between Photoshop and the history of art, and a proposal for a book to be called The History of Photoshop.
Art Criticism (an encyclopedia entry, written for the Grove Dictionary of Art, and interestingly censored by them). It's a survey of major theories of art criticism.
On the confused uses of fractals by artists, and some mathematicians' sense of art: on productive misunderstandings.
Two essays on the state of art history in Ireland, with reference to the general question of how art history is taught in smaller countries.
A brief essay on the sometimes overlooked continuum between the most original work and the most literal copy.
The idea of close reading is fundamental in art history and literary criticism. This essay is about the coherence of the idea in art history and in some archaeology.
Is "art history" the name of a discipline, or an area of interest, that is practiced throughout the world? Or is it a Western interest, currently spreading along with capitalism?
A reply to a very eccentric proposal: that the Venus of Willendorf and associated "Venus" figurines are self-portraits.
An essay on the limits of visual representation, with attention to recent positions taken by Rosalind Krauss and Georges Didi-Huberman.
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