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"Definitely the best introduction to art history currently available."--Professor Norman Bryson, University of San Diego
"What makes this anthology more than an arresting assemblage is the author's critical stance towards what he has wrought."--Professor Robert S. Nelson, Yale University
"Vivid and inspiring...a flamboyant book."--Professor Johanne Lamoureux, University of Montreal
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Selecting choice texts from within 'the canon', from Vasari to some of the most up to date thinking on theory and methodology, this anthology is to be recommended to all students of art history, as providing an excellent overview of the various traditions within art history. Each chapter deals with a different art historian and their writing, while the chapters are grouped together into wider schools of thought.
It is an attractively presented work within an excellent series, and works well as a companion to the other works in the OHA.
I am finding it indispensable in my university career, and would recommend it to those studying or working at any level within the discipline as an excellent critical overview of the subject, as well as an incredibly useful guide to theory and methodology.
It is an attractively presented work within an excellent series, and works well as a companion to the other works in the OHA.
I am finding it indispensable in my university career, and would recommend it to those studying or working at any level within the discipline as an excellent critical overview of the subject, as well as an incredibly useful guide to theory and methodology.
31 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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The New Oxford History of Art represents the first massive effort to rethink this field in detail since Nikolaus Pevsner launched the Pelican History fifty years ago. The volumes are well printed, advantageously priced, and generally refreshing in their point of view. Preziosi's volume is sui generis in that instead of dealing with a period or theme, it is a second order study--of the study of art history. It combines an anthology with interspersed commentary. Unfortunately, the Preziosi commentary, demonstrating the author's effort to find a new approach, is marred by opaque language and a sketchy presentation of ideas. For example, he says that one of his approaches will be based on the principle of the anamorphic image. Although he reproduces one by Holbein, he does not adequately explain it. Still, for those with an interest in the subject this volume is worth struggling with.
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
The best anthology
23 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
As an art historian, I have found this to be the best anthology of writing about art history, but it is not a picture book or entry-level history of art. The other reviewers were correct in identifying this book as a specialized volume for academics, not an introduction for the general reader. This is not a drawback unless you expect something else. Professor Preziosi is a leading expert in art history's history and is respected widely for his erudition and comprehensive knowledge of the field. I assign it to my graduate students because the selection of important writings is excellent and Preziosi's introductions are so succinct and precise.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
An Intelligent Anthology
9 July 2001
Format:Paperback
I find myself in agreement with Patrick Deegan and the reader from L.A. as to this volume's quality, but less so as to its accessibility. In fact, I believe any intelligent reader should be able to approach this volume and, using Donald Preziosi's succinct commentary as a guide to context, derive valuable knowledge and material for critical thought from it. Readers seeking a simple monolithic approach to the subject of Art History will, needless to say, be disillusioned by the breadth and depth of this volume; readers with an active mind (regardless of whether they describe themselves as academics or not) will be delighted by it. As an example of the careful selection process that has gone into this anthology, I would point out the sequence of texts anthologized in Chapter 8, where the changes over time in critical readings of Heidegger's _The Origin of the Work of Art_ are well reflected in the subsequent essays by Schapiro, Derrida, and Melville. Having any one of these essays present in the volume would be valuable; having the full set allows the reader a far greater degree of insight into the matter of Heidegger's original essay. In short, a book I would strongly recommend to anyone who wants to think independently about art, and not just be told what to think about it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Looking at Art History
9 Feb 2008
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This is a book for anyone interested in reading excerpts from original texts (by Helgel, Kant, Derrida etc.) about specific problems encountered in the field of Art History since, approximately, the creation of the modern concept of Art. It is divided into chapters about specific themes, with a short introduction, and bibliography. I would recommend Preziosis own book "Rethinking Art History" as a companion. This is not an easy book, as some angry reviewers discovered, but - how could it be? Art is about life, and life is a very complex thing. If you have absolutely no experience with philosophy or theory, then this might not be the right place to start. If, however, Art and Art History is something you are interested in, and have some basic knowledge of, this is a very rewarding book.
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