An exemplary survey that reassesses the impact of the most important books to have shaped art history through the twentieth century

Written by some of today’s leading art historians and curators, this new collection provides an invaluable road map of the field by comparing and reexamining canonical works of art history. From Émile Mâle’s magisterial study of thirteenth-century French art, first published in 1898, to Hans Belting’s provocative Likeness and Presence: A History of the Image before the Era of Art, the book provides a concise and insightful overview of the history of art, told through its most enduring literature. Each of the essays looks at the impact of a single major book of art history, mapping the intellectual development of the writer under review, setting out the premises and argument of the book, considering its position within the broader field of art history, and analyzing its significance in the context of both its initial reception and its afterlife. An introduction by John-Paul Stonard explores how art history has been forged by outstanding contributions to scholarship, and by the dialogues and ruptures between them. 54 illustrations

这是一份典范的调查报告，重新评估了20世纪以来影响艺术史的最重要书籍的影响。

这本新书集由一些当今领先的艺术史学家和策展人撰写，通过比较和重新审视艺术史的经典作品，为该领域提供了一份宝贵的路线图。从1898年首次出版的Émile Mâle关于13世纪法国艺术的巨著，到Hans Belting挑衅性的Likeness and Presence。本书通过艺术史上最持久的文献，对艺术史进行了简明而深刻的概述。每篇文章都着眼于艺术史上一本主要书籍的影响，描绘了被评论的作家的智力发展，阐述了该书的前提和论点，考虑了它在更广泛的艺术史领域中的地位，并分析了它在最初的接受和后世的背景下的意义。约翰-保罗-斯托纳德的介绍探讨了艺术史是如何通过对学术的杰出贡献以及它们之间的对话和断裂而形成的。54幅插图