ABSTRACT

Art History: The Key Concepts is a systematic, reliable and accessible reference guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Containing entries on over 200 terms integral to the historical and theoretical study of art, design and culture in general, it is an indispensable source of knowledge for all students, scholars and teachers.

Covering the development, present status and future direction of art history, entries span a wide variety of terms and concepts such as abstract expressionism, epoch, hybridity, semiology and zeitgeist.

Key features include:

  • a user-friendly A-Z format
  • fully cross-referenced entries
  • suggestions for further reading.

Engaging and insightful, as well as easy to follow and use, Art History: The Key Concepts builds a radical intellectual synthesis for understanding and teaching art, art history and visual culture.

chapter |2 pages

ART HISTORY The Key Concepts

chapter |14 pages

CLASSICAL/CLASS CLASSIC, CLASSY

chapter |11 pages

CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORANEOUS

chapter |16 pages

CRITICISM CRITIC, CRITICAL, CRITIQUE

chapter |38 pages

DOMINANT DOMINANCE, DOMINATE

chapter |48 pages

HEGEMONY HEGEMONIC, HEGEMONISE

chapter |23 pages

MASTERPIECE/OLD MASTER MASTER

chapter |11 pages

NARRATIVE NARRATE, NARRATOLOGY

chapter |26 pages

OPPOSITIONAL OPPOSE, OPPOSED

chapter |35 pages

POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES

chapter |17 pages

SCHOOL

chapter |8 pages

SPECIALIST SPECIALISING, SPECIALISE

chapter |5 pages

VISUAL PLEASURE