Art History and Intellectual History

Lorenz, Katharina

Abstract

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. This chapter provides an overview of the history of the study of art from the eighteenth century to the present, with particular emphasis on the perception of art history as an academic discipline. The chapter reveals that breaking down art in an analytical way, which is perceived to be the core business of art history, takes away its purchase on the sublime. This, in turn, makes art appear a mere historical function and therefore a domain over which other disciplines such as philosophy, history or sociology claim much more confident ownership with regard to its evolution as an academic subject.

Citation

Lorenz, K. (2015). Art History and Intellectual History. In R. Whatmore, & B. Young (Eds.), A companion to intellectual history (184-200). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118508091.ch14

• Online Publication Date: Oct 30, 2015
• Publication Date: Dec 21, 2015
• Deposit Date: Jul 25, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 184-200
• Book Title: A companion to intellectual history
• ISBN: 9781118294802
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118508091.ch14
• Keywords: Intellectual history
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/768949
• Publisher URL: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/9781118508091.ch14