Art of Illusion : The Representation of Art History in Nineteenth-Century Germany and Beyond

by Karlholm, Dan

• ISBN13: 9783039109586
• ISBN10: 3039109588
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-31
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(4)
Introduction	11	(14)
The Image/Text of Art History	25	(72)
The Text: Genre, Status	25	(6)
Justification, Character, Destination	31	(10)
The End of the Beginning	41	(4)
Greek Generality	45	(2)
The Subjects of Art History	47	(6)
The Obverse of Beauty	53	(3)
Synthesis and Crisis	56	(2)
A Common Concern	58	(2)
Just Representation	60	(3)
Art of Illusion	63	(3)
The Image: Monuments of Art	66	(2)
Pictorial Elements	68	(10)
Overall Structure	78	(3)
Form, Frontispiece, Frame	81	(3)
The Nationality of International Art History	84	(6)
The Commodity	90	(3)
A New Front	93	(4)
The Virtual Museum of Art History	97	(44)
From Warhol to Kugler	98	(3)
Forms of Discontent	101	(13)
Image-Writing	114	(4)
The Beholder's Role	118	(4)
Reproduction and Illustration	122	(4)
Again, the End of Art	126	(7)
The Family Line	133	(6)
Drawing the Line	139	(2)
The Journey of Art History	141	(50)
Mapping Nature	141	(3)
Reporting Autopsy	144	(4)
Journeys for Readers	148	(4)
Fusing Genres -- for whom?	152	(7)
Sight-Seeing	159	(4)
Sight Construction	163	(6)
Spaces and Places	169	(4)
Looking from Books	173	(6)
Real Illustration	179	(3)
Subjective Blindness	182	(9)
The Real Metaphor of Art History	191	(66)
A Real Allegory	191	(5)
The Destruction of Jerusalem in Munich	196	(7)
Inside: the Essential Sanctuary	203	(8)
Outside: Contemporary Comics of Art	211	(10)
In Berlin. A Preface	221	(6)
Neues Museum: the Illusion of Art	227	(8)
Stairwell Looking	235	(10)
History Repeats Itself	245	(8)
End Note	253	(4)
List of Illustrations	257	(2)
Select Bibliography	259	(8)
Index	267