James Jackson Jarves's Art Criticism: Aesthetic Classifications and Historiographic Consequences

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-235
Author(s):  
KAREN L. GEORGI
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Art Criticism ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
American Culture ◽  
American Art ◽  
Art Theory ◽  
Fundamental Understanding ◽  
American Art History ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The Aesthetic

Looking at the methodological principles and rhetorical forms that structure James Jackson Jarves's often-cited 1864 book The Art-Idea, this essay reconsiders Jarves's role in the historiography of American art. Jarves has long been associated with post-Civil War shifts toward international aesthetic trends, which eroded the native bias in favor of verisimilitude and anecdote. He is thought to mark a turning point. His texts, however, only partially corroborate the reputation. Here, firstly, I reread Jarves's art theory to suggest what were the aesthetic preferences he hoped to foster among Americans, and why. Secondly, I propose that the reputed Jarves fulfills an apparently unrecognized need in the subdiscipline of American art history – a fundamental understanding of American art as automatically, necessarily, indexical. It is primarily a manifestation of American culture, and more specifically American culture as defined by change, growth, disruption, reintegration.

Modern art history as a human science in a situation of cultural turn

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-106
Author(s):  
Nikolai A. Khrenov
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Art History ◽  
Art Criticism ◽  
Normal Science ◽  
Art Theory ◽  
Linguistic Turn ◽  
Self Protection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intensive Development ◽  
Cultural Turn

Intensive development of knowledge in the 20th century, including the emergence of new sciences and humanities, constantly creates a problematic situation in the sphere of art, shifting arts designation to what in the philosophy of science is known as normal science. This is associated with the idea of art as a science that has reached a stage of maturity and consistency and, therefore, complies with its norms. The concept of art as normal science is characterized by a certain degree of conservatism, as it presupposes arts self-protection against deviations from the established methodology. However, sometimes the artistic processes of modernity require different approaches. In addition, the emergence of new humanities shifts the already established methodology of art. This happened in the first decades of the 20th century, in the era of a linguistic turn in the humanities, indicating the invasion of natural sciences in the humanities; and this is happening today, at the turn of the 21st century, in a situation of a cultural turn, the emergence and intensive development of the science of culture. The current turn requires a deeper understanding of the structure and components of art history, i.e., its sub-disciplines: art history, art theory and art criticism. The essay argues that in the situation of cultural turn the theory of art can carry out functions which the other two sub-disciplines cannot. It propounds that art theory is able to make a decisive contribution to the elucidation of two problems: the relationship between art and cultural studies and the problem of historical time, which is important both for contemporary art and for art history.

Modern art history as a human science in a situation of cultural turn

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-98
Author(s):  
Nicolai A. Khrenov
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Art History ◽  
Art Criticism ◽  
Normal Science ◽  
Art Theory ◽  
Linguistic Turn ◽  
Self Protection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Intensive Development ◽  
Cultural Turn

Intensive development of knowledge in the 20th century, including the emergence of new sciences and humanities, constantly creates a problematic situation in the sphere of art, shifting arts designation to what in the philosophy of science is known as normal science. This is associated with the idea of art as a science that has reached a stage of maturity and consistency and, therefore, complies with its norms. The concept of art as normal science is characterized by a certain degree of conservatism, as it presupposes arts self-protection against deviations from the established methodology. However, sometimes the artistic processes of modernity require different approaches. In addition, the emergence of new humanities shifts the already established methodology of art. This happened in the first decades of the 20th century, in the era of a linguistic turn in the humanities, indicating the invasion of natural sciences in the humanities; and this is happening today, at the turn of the 21st century, in a situation of a cultural turn, the emergence and intensive development of the science of culture. The current turn requires a deeper understanding of the structure and components of art history, i.e., its sub-disciplines: art history, art theory and art criticism. The essay argues that in the situation of cultural turn the theory of art can carry out functions which the other two sub-disciplines cannot. It propounds that art theory is able to make a decisive contribution to the elucidation of two problems: the relationship between art and cultural studies and the problem of historical time, which is important both for contemporary art and for art history.

scholarly journals Art Follows Empire: new scholarship in Early American art history

Perspective ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Bellion ◽  
Dana E. Byrd ◽  
Ethan W. Lasser ◽  
Louis P. Nelson ◽  
Amy Torbert
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
American Art ◽  
Early American ◽  
American Art History

Documenting Latin American art at the Museum of Modern Art Library

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Author(s):  
Taína Caragol
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Art History ◽  
Modern Art ◽  
American Art ◽  
Museum Of Modern Art ◽  
Latin American Art ◽  
History Of ◽  
Geopolitical Region ◽  
Art Community ◽  
American Art History

This article traces the history of the Latin American holdings of the Museum of Modern Art Library, one of the first institutions outside Latin America to start documenting the art of this geopolitical region, and one of the best research centers on modern Latin American art in the world. This success story dates back to the thirties, when the Museum Library began building a Latin American and Caribbean collection that currently comprises over 15,000 volumes of catalogues and art books. The launch of various research tools and facilities for scholars and the general public in recent years also shows the Museum’s strong commitment not only towards Latin American art history but also to the present and the future of the Latino art community.

American Art History

1980 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-370
Author(s):  
Ann Davis
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
American Art ◽  
American Art History

American "Art History" and Contemporary Creation

1952 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Louis Filler
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
American Art ◽  
American Art History
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