How to Write Art History Second Edition
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How to Write Art History Second Edition

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How to Write Art History Second Edition

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Information

what 
do 
art 
historians 
do? 
the 
object 
of 
art 
history 
15
1.1 
Barbara 
Kruger, 
Untitled 
(
You 
Invest 
in 
the 
Divinity 
of 
the 
Masterpiece
), 
1982. 
Photostat, 
71
3
4
45
1
2
in 
(182 
116 
cm). 
The 
Museum 
of 
Modern 
Art, 
New 
York.
Kruger’s 
words 
frame 
detail 
of 
the 
Sistine 
Chapel 
ceiling 
(the 
ultimate 
masterpiece) 
that 
represents 
God 
reaching 
out 
to 
endow 
Adam 
with 
life 
(the 
ultimate 
act 
of 
creation). 
Her 
work 
critiques 
the 
ways 
that 
masterpieces 
are 
‘made’: 
we 
as 
culture 
decide 
to 
invest 
aesthetic 
and 
other 
kinds 
of 
value 
in 
certain 
works 
even 
as 
we 
devalue 
others.

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction: How to use this book
  3. Chapter 1: Introducing art history
  4. Chapter 2: Formal analysis
  5. Chapter 3: Contextual analysis
  6. Chapter 4: Writing art history essays and papers
  7. Chapter 5: Navigating art history examinations
  8. Chapter 6: Art history's own history
  9. Glossary
  10. Bibliography
  11. Table of parallel illustrations in art history surveys
  12. Index
  13. Picture credits