Writing (and) art history: against writing

• Autores: Ivan Gaskell
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 78, Nº 3, 1996, págs. 404-406
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Part of a symposium on writing and the history of art. The writer discusses the linguistic articulation of visual and other sensory apprehension. Suggesting that interesting demonstration need not necessarily be predominantly linguistic in the iterative or textual sense, he outlines a way of dealing with art that minimizes speaking and writing. He notes that ordering is necessary to this practice, while speaking and writing are not. He shows that this practice is critical as distinct from art historical and is properly conducted in art museums.