"Canons and Values - Ancient to Modern" by Larry Silver

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Canons and Values - Ancient to Modern Larry Silver, Kevin Terraciano

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Getty Publications - (Yale)
Format:
Paperback / softback
Publication date:
30 Aug 2019
ISBN:
9781606065976
Imprint:
Getty Publications
Dimensions:
344 pages: 257 x 179 x 22mm

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A century ago, all art was evaluated through the lens of European classicism and its tradition. This volume explores and questions the foundations of the European canon, offers a critical rethinking of ancient and classical art and interrogates the canons of cultures and regions that have often been left at the margins of art history. It underscores the historical and geographical diversity of canons and the local values underlying them. Twelve international scholars consider how canons are constructed and contested, focusing on the relationship between canonical objects and the value systems that shape their hierarchies. Deploying an array of methodologies-including archaeological investigations, visual analysis and literary critique-the authors examine canon formation throughout the world, including Africa, India, East Asia, Mesoamerica, South America, ancient Egypt, classical Greece and Europe. Global studies of art, which are dismantling the traditionally Eurocentric canon, promise to make art history more inclusive. To this end, this volume raises new questions about the importance of canons-including those from outside Europe-for the wider discipline of art history.

Larry Silver is the Farquhar Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania.|Kevin Terraciano is professor of history and director of the Latin American Institute at the University of California,nLos Angeles, and cofounder of the Getty Research Institute's Digital Florentine Codex project.

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