Art in History after 1989 Chapter I: The Condition Called Post-Communism The post-communist condition is often associated with post-politics: general consensus upon the only remaining path of history agreed beyond any ideological differences. It implies one essential feature, an all-encompassing notion of culture,or more precisely, the ability of culture to translate all conflicts into its …
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The Barbarian Invasions: A Genealogy of the History of Art
The history of art, argues Éric Michaud, begins with the romantic myth of the barbarian invasions. The history of art linked its objects with racial groups—denouncing or praising certain qualities as “Latin” or “Germanic.” The predominance of linear elements was thought to betray a southern origin, and the “painterly” a Germanic or Nordic source. Even …
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