Art History and Emergency

Crises in the Visual Arts and Humanities

David Breslin, Darby English, Caroline Arscott , Manuel Borja-Villel

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Yale University Press
26 April 2016

Art: financial aspects; History of Art & Design Styles

Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts

Art History and Emergency assesses art history’s role and responsibilities in what has been described as the “humanities crisis”—the perceived decline in the practical applications of the humanities in modern times. This timely collection of critical essays and creative pieces addresses several thought-provoking questions on the subject. For instance, as this so-called crisis is but the latest of many, what part has “crisis” played in the humanities’ history? How are artists, art historians, and professionals in related disciplines responding to current pressures to prove their worth? How does one defend the practical value of knowing how to think deeply about objects and images without losing the intellectual intensity that characterizes the best work in the discipline? Does art history as we know it have a future?

Distributed for the Clark Art Institute

Contributions by: Caroline Arscott, Manuel Borja-Villel, Thomas Crow
Edited by: David Breslin, Darby English
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780300218756
ISBN 10: 0300218753
Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 26 April 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Breslin is John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator, the Menil Drawing Institute. Darby English is Carl Darling Buck Professor in the Department of Art History, the University of Chicago, and consulting curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture, the Museum of Modern Art.