Art History after Modernism

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Contents Preface to the English Edition 1 Epilogues for Art or for Art History? 2 The Meaning of Art History in Today’s Culture 3 Art Criticism versus Art History 4 The Unwelcome Heritage of Modernism: Style and History 5 The Late Cult of Modernism: Documenta and Western Art 6 Western Art: The Intervention of the United States in Postwar Modernism 7 Europe: East and West at the Watershed of Art History 8 Global Art and Minorities: A New Geography of Art History 9 The Mirror of Mass Culture: Art’s Revolt against Art History 10 The Temporality of Video Art 11 The Narrative of Art in the New Museum: The Search for a Profile 12 Art and the Crisis of Modernism 13 Art Historiography as Tradition 14 Methods and Games of an Academic Discipline 15 Work of Art or History of Art? 16 Art History versus Media Studies 17 The Myth of Modernism in the Mirror of Art History 18 Postmodernism or Posthistory? 19 “Prospero’s Books” 20 Marco Polo and Other Cultures Bibliography Index