A realist theory of art history / / Ian Verstegen |
Autore | Verstegen Ian. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 707.2/2 |
Collana | Ontological explorations |
Soggetto topico |
Art - Historiography
Art - Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-92005-0
0-203-07246-4 1-135-09963-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; The institutions of art history; Breaking the theory-empiricism dichotomy; Depoliticizing epistemology; Suspicion of the aesthetic; 2 What is realism?; The need for Critical Realism; Untying the Gordian Knot; Meta-theory, discipline-specific meta-theory, theory, methodology; Ontological realism; Epistemological fallibilism; The stratification of the world; Critical naturalism; Ontology and emancipation; 3 A relational approach to history and truth
The ontological project - relational determinationHistorical pluralism; Scales and facets in history; Shapes of history (fiat objects); Do scale and facet really interlock?; Reference and historical truth; 4 Structure and knowledge; Properties of historical periods; Properties of past historiographical practices; Traditional mode - affirmation; Exemplary mode - regularity; Genetic mode - transformation; Speculative philosophy of history; The work of art history as a literary document; 5 Art history and varieties of history, I; Understanding and explanation; Society and culture General and special historySpecial history; Style; The centrality of definition in special history; An example: the history of philosophy; The problem of periodization; 6 Art history and varieties of history, II; "Directions" of inquiry; Causality and the arrow of time; Sequential history - what happened?; Explanatory history - what caused it?; Interpretive history - what was it like?; Direction of inquiry as emplotment; A case study; The ontology of ideology; A case study; 7 Historical evidence; Fact and interpretation; Facts; Facts as the cause of research; Warrant for belief A case study: reconstructing Duccio's Maestà8 Resolving historical controversies; Levels and facets of explanation; A case study: Caravaggio; Disputing a definition of an object of study; A case study: Caravaggio again; Description, description, description; Progress in art history; Reflexivity in art history; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462786403321 |
Verstegen Ian. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A realist theory of art history / / Ian Verstegen |
Autore | Verstegen Ian. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 707.2/2 |
Collana | Ontological explorations |
Soggetto topico |
Art - Historiography
Art - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-135-09962-6
1-283-92005-0 0-203-07246-4 1-135-09963-4 |
Classificazione | SOC026000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; The institutions of art history; Breaking the theory-empiricism dichotomy; Depoliticizing epistemology; Suspicion of the aesthetic; 2 What is realism?; The need for Critical Realism; Untying the Gordian Knot; Meta-theory, discipline-specific meta-theory, theory, methodology; Ontological realism; Epistemological fallibilism; The stratification of the world; Critical naturalism; Ontology and emancipation; 3 A relational approach to history and truth
The ontological project - relational determinationHistorical pluralism; Scales and facets in history; Shapes of history (fiat objects); Do scale and facet really interlock?; Reference and historical truth; 4 Structure and knowledge; Properties of historical periods; Properties of past historiographical practices; Traditional mode - affirmation; Exemplary mode - regularity; Genetic mode - transformation; Speculative philosophy of history; The work of art history as a literary document; 5 Art history and varieties of history, I; Understanding and explanation; Society and culture General and special historySpecial history; Style; The centrality of definition in special history; An example: the history of philosophy; The problem of periodization; 6 Art history and varieties of history, II; "Directions" of inquiry; Causality and the arrow of time; Sequential history - what happened?; Explanatory history - what caused it?; Interpretive history - what was it like?; Direction of inquiry as emplotment; A case study; The ontology of ideology; A case study; 7 Historical evidence; Fact and interpretation; Facts; Facts as the cause of research; Warrant for belief A case study: reconstructing Duccio's Maestà8 Resolving historical controversies; Levels and facets of explanation; A case study: Caravaggio; Disputing a definition of an object of study; A case study: Caravaggio again; Description, description, description; Progress in art history; Reflexivity in art history; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786077703321 |
Verstegen Ian. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A realist theory of art history / / Ian Verstegen |
Autore | Verstegen Ian. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina | 707.2/2 |
Collana | Ontological explorations |
Soggetto topico |
Art - Historiography
Art - Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-135-09962-6
1-283-92005-0 0-203-07246-4 1-135-09963-4 |
Classificazione | SOC026000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; The institutions of art history; Breaking the theory-empiricism dichotomy; Depoliticizing epistemology; Suspicion of the aesthetic; 2 What is realism?; The need for Critical Realism; Untying the Gordian Knot; Meta-theory, discipline-specific meta-theory, theory, methodology; Ontological realism; Epistemological fallibilism; The stratification of the world; Critical naturalism; Ontology and emancipation; 3 A relational approach to history and truth
The ontological project - relational determinationHistorical pluralism; Scales and facets in history; Shapes of history (fiat objects); Do scale and facet really interlock?; Reference and historical truth; 4 Structure and knowledge; Properties of historical periods; Properties of past historiographical practices; Traditional mode - affirmation; Exemplary mode - regularity; Genetic mode - transformation; Speculative philosophy of history; The work of art history as a literary document; 5 Art history and varieties of history, I; Understanding and explanation; Society and culture General and special historySpecial history; Style; The centrality of definition in special history; An example: the history of philosophy; The problem of periodization; 6 Art history and varieties of history, II; "Directions" of inquiry; Causality and the arrow of time; Sequential history - what happened?; Explanatory history - what caused it?; Interpretive history - what was it like?; Direction of inquiry as emplotment; A case study; The ontology of ideology; A case study; 7 Historical evidence; Fact and interpretation; Facts; Facts as the cause of research; Warrant for belief A case study: reconstructing Duccio's Maestà8 Resolving historical controversies; Levels and facets of explanation; A case study: Caravaggio; Disputing a definition of an object of study; A case study: Caravaggio again; Description, description, description; Progress in art history; Reflexivity in art history; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826725703321 |
Verstegen Ian. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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