This guide offers a selective, annotated list of sources
on the historiography of art. For further bibliography, see
Arntzen/Rainwater, Guide to the literature of art history
(Chicago: American Library Association, 1980), Chapter G,
pp. 75-78 (Ref Z 5931 +.A67 [LC]).
Bibliography
Ackerman, James S. and Carpenter, Rhys. Art and
archaeology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1963. J
12 .Ac57 1963 (Yale)
Essays on archaeology by Carpenter and on
Western art history by Ackerman. Each surveys the
development, methods and present state of the discipline.
Bazin, Germain. Histoire de l'histoire de l'art de Vasari
á nos jours. Paris: Flammarion, 1986. On order Long,
anecdotal "history of art history from Vasari to the
present."
Dittman, Lorenz. Stil, Symbol Struktur: Studien zu
Kategorien der Kunstgeschichte. Munich: Fink, 1967. SML J
502 967 Dm (Yale)
Historical study of various schools of art
history.
Dresdner, Albert. Die Entstehung der Kunstkritik, im
Zusammenhang der Geschichte des europäischen
Kunstlebens. Munich: Bruckmann, 1968 (1st ed. 1915). SML J
718 968D
History of art criticism from antiquity through
the 18th century. See also Venturi.
Eissler, Colin. "Kunstgeschichte American-style," pp.
544-629 in The Intellectual Migration: Europe and America,
1930-1960, ed. by B. Bailyn and D. Fleming. Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard, 1969. CCL E 169.1 .F54 (LC)
Long biographical essay on émigré
art historians in America.
Frankl, Paul. Das System der Kunstwissenschaft.
Brünn: Rohrer, 1938. SML J 2 356f
One of the most ambitious attempts to provide a
system of art history. Product of the "Vienna School" of
art history.
Gombrich, E.H. "Kunstliteratur" and "Kunstwissenschaft"
in Atlantisbuch der Kunst: Eine Enzyklopädie der
bildenden Künste. Zurich: Atlantis, 1952.
Long, excellent encyclopedia entries on art
literature from antiquity to mid-century and on the
history of art history as a discipline. An English
version of the former is available at this WWW site.
Grassi, Luigi. Teorici e storia della critica d'arte. 2
v. Rome: Multigrafica, 1970-73. N 7475 .G73 (LC)
Comprehensive survey of art criticism and theory
from antiquity to the 18th century. Two more volumes were
promised but have not appeared.
Grinten, Evert van der. Enquiries into the history of
art-historical writing: studies of art-historical functions
and terms up to 1850 [Venlo?: 1952?]. J 12 952 h
Hauser, Arnold. The philosophy of art history. New York:
Knopf, 1959. J 25 958 Hg
Study of major theories of art history. Provides
the philosophical foundation for Hauser's well-known
Social history of art.
Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Modern perspectives in Western art
history: an anthology of 20th-century writings on the visual
arts. New York: Holt, 1971 Ref N 7443.2 .K54 (LC)
Standard anthology of representative writings by
leading art historians. The 100-page Introduction is a
good bibliographical essay on the history of art history
as a discipline.
________, and Slavens, Thomas. Research guide to the
history of western art. Chicago: American Library
Association, 1982. SML L&B Room N 380 .K56 1982 (LC)
Part one is a survey of the various
methodological and theoretical approaches to art history;
the second part is a short, annotated (and flawed)
bibliography of basic reference books.
Kultermann, Udo. History of Art History. New York:
Abaris, 1993. N 7480 .K78 1993 (LC)
Long "history of art history" from a
biographical standpoint. The original German ed. was
harshly critiqued by L. D. Ettlinger in Architectural
review (Nov. 1967).
Lavalleye, Jacques. Introduction aux études
d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art. 4th ed.
Louvain: Mauwelaerts, 1979. SML Ref N 380 .L38 1979
Handbook on art historical method, intended for
French students.
Lodovici, Sergio Samek. Storici, teorici e critici delle
arti figurative (1800-1940). Rome: Tosi, 1942. SML CT 1123
+.E52 4 (LC)
Panofsky, Erwin. Aufsätze zu Grundfragen der
Kunstwissenschaft. Ed. by H. Oberer and E. Verheyen. 2nd ed.
Berlin: Hessling, 1974. N 7480 .P36 1974 (LC
Collection of Panofsky's theoretical and
methodological essays.
________. "The history of art as a humanistic discipline"
in Meaning in the visual arts: papers in and on art history.
New York: Doubleday, 1955. J 12 P194 955 (Yale)
________. "Three decades of art history in the United
States" in ibid. Autobiographical reflections. J 12 P194 955
(Yale
Salerno, Luigi. "Historiography" in Encyclopedia of world
art, v. 7, p. 507-59. Ref N 31 +.E5213 1959 (LC)
Overview of the historiography of art, East and
West. With ample bibliography.
Schiff, Gert, ed. German essays on art history. New York:
Continuum, 1987.
Replacement copy on order at A&A
Schlosser, Julius von. Die Wiener Schule der
Kunstgeschichte. Innsbruck: Wagner, 1934. J 35 A9 V675
934S
Sorenson, Lee, Dictionary of Art Historians (http://www.lib.duke.edu/lilly/dah.htm).
Tietze, Hans. Die Methode der Kunstgeschichte: Ein
Versuch. Leipzig: Seemann, 1913. Rpt. 1967. SML N 7475 .T54
(LC)
Comprehensive survey of art historical
methodology, by a distinguished member of the Vienna
School of art history.
Venturi, Lionello. History of art criticism. New York:
Dutton, 1936. J 718 936Vg
Standard English-language history of the
subject.
Waetzoldt, Wilhelm. Deutsche Kunsthistoriker. 2 v.
Leipzig: Seemann, 1921-24. Rpt. 1986. N 6868.5 .N37D55
1988
Biographical survey of German art historians
from the 17th century to the early 20th.