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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Matthew Rampley -- Art History, Aesthetics and Art Criticism / Antonio Somaini -- The Idea of the Canon and Canon Formation in Art History / Hubert Locher -- European Heritage: Unity in Diversity? / Brian Graham -- Contemporary Art and the Concept of Art History: Influence, Dependency and Challenge / Peter J. Schneemann -- Formalism and the History of Style / Andrea Pinotti -- Visual Culture and Visual Studies / Jan Baetens -- Theories of the Image in France: Between Art History and Visual Anthropology / Ralph Dekoninck -- Bildwissenschaft: Theories of the Image in German-Language Scholarship / Matthew Rampley -- Computerization, Digitization and the Internet / Antonella Sbrilli -- Technical Art History: The Synergy of Art, Conservation and Science / Erma Hermens -- Dimensions of Dialogue: Art History and the Discourse of Economics / Victor Ginsburgh and François Mairesse -- Sociologies of Art: With and against Art History / Nathalie Heinich -- Museums and Museologies / Dominique Poulot -- Art History in a Global Frame: World Art Studies / Wilfried van Damme and Kitty Zijlmans -- The Construction of National Art Histories and the ‘New’ Europe / Matthew Rampley -- Cultures of Interruptions. Art History in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania / Krista Kodres , Giedrė Mickūnaitė and Stella Pelše -- In Search of a Synthesis: Art History in Belgium / Raphaël Pirenne -- Art History in Bulgaria: Institutional Frameworks, Research Directions and Individual Scholars / Elka Bakalova -- Art History in the Czech and Slovak Republics: Institutional Frameworks, Topics and Loyalties / Milena Bartlová -- Art History in France: A Conflict of Traditions / Ralph Dekoninck and Joël Roucloux -- Art History in German-Speaking Countries: Austria, Germany and Switzerland / Charlotte Schoell-Glass -- Art History and Visual Studies in Great Britain and Ireland / Griselda Pollock -- Born of a ‘Peripheral’ Modernism: Art History in Greece and Cyprus / Areti Adamopoulou -- Art History in Italy: Connoisseurship, Academic Scholarship and the Protection of Cultural Heritage / Laura Iamurri -- Art History in the Netherlands: The Past and Present of the Discipline / Marga van Mechelen and Kitty Zijlmans -- Art History in the Nordic Countries / Dan Karlholm , Hans Dam Christensen and Matthew Rampley -- A Marginalised Tradition? Polish Art History / Wojciech Bałus -- In Search of National Traditions: Art History in Romania / Corina Teacă -- Art History in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia / Nenad Makuljević -- Art History in Spain: A Generational History / Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis -- Art History and the Founding of the Modern Turkish State / Burcu Dogramaci -- Bibliography / Dennis Janzen -- Index.

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Reflection on the history and practice of art history has long been a major topic of research and scholarship, and this volume builds on this tradition by offering a critical survey of many of the major developments in the contemporary discipline, such as the impact of digital technologies, the rise of visual studies or new initiatives in conservation theory and practice. Alongside these methodological issues this book addresses the mostly neglected question of the impact of national contexts on the development of the discipline. Taking a wide range of case studies, this book examines the impact of the specific national political, institutional and ideological demands on the practice of art history. The result is an account that both draws out common features and also highlights the differences and the plurality of practices that together constitute art history as a discipline.