Millard Meiss, American Art History, and Conservation: From Connoisseurship to Iconology and Kulturgeschichte...

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Jennifer Cooke (University of Turin)

Millard Meiss, American Art History, and Conservation

From Connoisseurship to Iconology and Kulturgeschichte

Jennifer Cooke (University of Turin)

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English

Routledge
27 May 2024

Theory of art; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Museums & museology; Historiography; European history

Series: Studies in Art Historiography

A member of the art history generation from the golden age of the 1920s and 1930s, Millard Meiss (1904–1975) developed a new and multi-faceted methodological approach.

This book lays the foundation for a reassessment of this key figure in post-war American and international art history. The book analyses his work alongside that of contemporary art historians, considering both those who influenced him and those who were receptive to his research. Jennifer Cooke uses extensive archival material to give Meiss the critical consideration that his extensive and important art historical, restoration and conservation work deserves.

This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, historiography and heritage management and conservation.

By: Jennifer Cooke (University of Turin)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780367550080
ISBN 10: 0367550083
Series: Studies in Art Historiography
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

"Introduction 1. Two Generations of American Connoisseurs 2. The Far Side of the Moon: Erwin Panofsky’s Iconology 3. Kulturgeschichte or Social History of Art? 4. The Technical Study of Art 5. Italian ""Meiss-Fortunes"""

Jennifer Cooke is a researcher in History of Art Criticism and Museum Studies at the University of Turin.

Reviews for Millard Meiss, American Art History, and Conservation: From Connoisseurship to Iconology and Kulturgeschichte

"""Cooke presents an incisive and scrupulously referenced evaluation of Meiss’s art-historical writing, which incorporates the fruit of her archival research in his extensive personal correspondence with many other noted art historians, heritage superintendents and art conservators."" --Journal of Art Historiography"