Abstract
Art history has been under question and is now in urgent need for explorations of its possibilities and paths. As the discipline of art history has been established and in continuous operation, the academic domain and possibilities of art history will be gradually opened, and along with these developments, the discipline of Chinese art history is also opening its possibilities and path, given the fact art historians are actively opening up and expanding art history. A multiplanar framework of art history research can be constructed to include the history of a uni-modal art in the universal perspective, the comparative history of various art concepts, the comparative studies between two modes of art, and integration of histories of cross-modal art. Furthermore, different disciplinary features can be formed and maintained in different institutes of arts. From the broad humanistic vision and interdisciplinary vision, the art history discipline in Peking University seeks both case analysis and comprehensive analysis of the phenomena in art history. The four emerging paths show themselves to be the interconnections between field study and profound analysis, between the appreciation of artworks and the thoughts on art conception, and between cultural history and art history, as well as the comparative study of transnational art history.
First Page
37
Last Page
45
Recommended Citation
Wang, Yichuan. 2014. "The Possibilities and Paths of Art History." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 34, (4): pp.37-45. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss4/20
