Art & Design: Art History: Theory & Methodology

Architecture & Art Closed Stacks [non-circulating]

A survey of various art methodologies, including iconography, Marxism, feminism, semiotics, structuralism and post-structuralism, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis. With bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art Closed Stacks [non-circulating]

A selection of essays which help readers become familiar with several of the main theoretical approaches to art history. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks


A history of art theory from Antiquity and the Middle Ages to the early 21st century. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A publication based on the proceedings of the Clark Conference, held April 27-28, 2007, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Includes bibliographical references.

Architecture & Art

An introduction to various art methodologies. Contents: Art theories and art histories; Formalism, modernism and modernity; A world still to win : Marxism, art and art history; Semiotics and poststructuralism; Psychoanalysis, art and the hidden self; Sex and sexualitites : representations of gender; Exploring postmodernities; Globalised proximities and perspectives. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art and Online at above link

A collection of essays on several different art methodologies. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A guide to various art methodologies. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. A variety of interpretations : a preview; 3. Hegel and the birth of art history; 4. Connoisseurship; 5. Formalism : Heinrich Wolfflin and Alois Riegl; 6. Iconography - iconology : Erwin Panofsky; 7. Marxism and the social history of art; 8. Feminism; 9. Psychoanalysis; 10. Semiotics; 11. Postcolonialism; 12. Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

Brief discussions of 26 theorists, including Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Edward Said. With suggestions for further reading.

Main Stacks

A collection of essays exemplifying the applications of art theory to specific works. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

A discussion of the transformation of art history following the development of modernist theories such as Marxism, feminism, deconstruction, etc. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

An essential guide to terms used in the study of art history. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art and Online at above link

An introduction to American art criticism in the 20th century. Includes an index.

Architecture & Art

A basic introduction to art criticism of the late 20th century. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A study of art criticism methodology and how it reflects cultural norms. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Oak St.

A 3-volume history of art theory. Vol 1: From Plato to Winckelmann; Vol 2: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire; Vol 3: From Impressionism to Kandinsky. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Architecture & Art

An introduction to the critical theories of art history, written as a history of the discipline. Includes bibliographical references following each chapter and a general index.

Architecture & Art

A collection of "case studies" of the application of various theories of art history. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

This collection of essays offers discussions of a variety of art criticism methodologies. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A study of the idea of what an "absolute artist" is in a variety of contexts. Contents: On the threshold of historiography: biography, artists, genre; The artist in nature: Renaissance biography; The artist in culture: Kulturwissenschaft from Burckhardt to Warburg; The artist in history: the Viennese school of art history; The artist in myth: early psychoanalysis and art history; The artist in the text: rhetorics in the myth of the artist. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art and Oak St.

A discussion of the history and philosophy of the visual arts. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art and Main Stacks

Includes an introduction art history methodology by Fernie, a selection of texts that serve as examples of various methods, a glossary of concepts, a bibliography, and an index.

Architecture & Art

A collection of essays exploring the visual arts in 20th-century culture and society. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A collection of critical essays written from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

An alphabetically-arranged dictionary of art history terms, devoted primarily to Western painting and sculpture. Includes artists who have written about art and certain influential art historians. Many entries include brief bibliographies.

Architecture & Art

An introductory survey of European and American literature on art history from the Renaissance to the late 20th century. Includes many portraits of writers and art historians. With notes, suggestions for further reading, and an index of names.

Main Stacks

A collection of essays presentating a range of perspectives on the relationship between the art object and the language of art history. With notes and an index.

Architecture & Art

A sampling of art criticism from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Includes bibliographical references.

Architecture & Art

A two-volume introduction to theories of art. Vol. 1: From Winckelmann to Baudelaire; Vol. 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Architecture & Art

An introduction to fundamentals of art history. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Architecture & Art

A discussion of the transformation of art history methods long after Vasari's influence.

Architecture & Art

An introduction to the "new art history" of the late 20th century. Includes bibliographies.

Architecture & Art and Oak St.

The presentation of an approach to art theory that focuses on the historical context of the works. Includes a bibliography.

Architecture & Art Closed Stacks [non-circulating]

A late-20th-century discussion of the psychological and philosophical aspects of viewing art. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art; Undergraduate Library

An introduction to developing a formal approach to appreciating the arts. Includes an index.

Architecture & Art; History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library; Oak St.

A survey of the work of several influential art historians. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Main Stacks

A study of the philosophy of style and aesthetics. Includes a bibliography.

Architecture & Art

A discussion of the philosophy and values involved in the study of art and history.

Architecture & Art and Main Stacks

A substantial volume offering multiple 20-century approaches to art history. Includes bibliographical references.

History, Philosophy & Newspaper Librayr and Main Stacks

A brief introduction to aesthetics and art criticism. Includes bibliographical references.

Main Stacks

A discussion of art history as it relates to philosophy, psychology, society, and various critical movements. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks and Music & Performing Arts Library

A selection of mid-20th-century writings on the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Includes a bibliography.

Main Stacks and Oak St.

A substantial lecture by a key mid-20th-century critic. Includes bibliographical references in the notes.

Architecture & Art, Main Stacks, and Oak St.

A collection of essays on art history, offering mid-20th-century perspective. Includes a bibliography and bibliographical footnotes.

Architecture & Art, Main Stacks, and Oak St.

A classic discussion of the basic tenets of studying art history.

Architecture & Art [non-circulating]; Main Stacks; and Oak St.

A classic history of art theory and criticism. Includes a bibliography.