Art history and visual studies in Europe : transnational discourses and national frameworks

Preface and Acknowledgements, Thierry Lenain, Hubert Locher, Andrea Pinotti, Matthew Rampley, Charlotte Schoell-Glass and Kitty Zijlmans Introduction, Matthew Rampley PART I: METHODS, DEBATES AND PARADIGMS Art History, Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Antonio Somaini The Idea of the Canon and Canon Formation in Art History, Hubert Locher European Heritage: Unity in Diversity?, Brian Graham Contemporary Art and the Concept of Art History: Influence, Dependency and Challenge, Peter J. Schneemann Formalism and the History of Style, Andrea Pinotti Visual Culture and Visual Studies, Jan Baetens Theories of the Image in France: Between Art History and Visual Anthropology, Ralph Dekoninck Bildwissenschaft: Theories of the Image in German-language Scholarship, Matthew Rampley Computerisation, Digitisation and the Internet, Antonella Sbrilli Technical Art History: The Synergy of Art, Conservation and Science, Erma Hermens Dimensions of Dialogue: Art History and the Discourse of Economics, Victor Ginsburgh and Francois Mairesse Sociologies of Art: With and against Art History, Nathalie Heinich Museums and Museologies, Dominique Poulot Art History in a Global Frame: World Art Studies, Wilfried van Damme and Kitty Zijlmans The Construction of National Art Histories and the 'New' Europe, Matthew Rampley PART II: THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE DISCIPLINE Cultures of Interruptions. Art History in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Krista Kodres, Giedre Mickunaite and Stella Pelse In Search of a Synthesis: Art History in Belgium, Raphael Pirenne Art History in Bulgaria: Institutional Frameworks, Research Directions and Individual Scholars, Elka Bakalova Art History in the Czech and Slovak Republics: Institutional Frameworks, Topics and Loyalties, Milena Bartlova Art History in France: A Conflict of Traditions, Ralph Dekoninck and Joel Roucloux Art History in the German-speaking Countries: Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Charlotte Schoell-Glass Art History and Visual Studies in Great Britain and Ireland, Griselda Pollock Born of a 'Peripheral' Modernism: Art History in Greece and Cyprus, Areti Adamopoulou Art History in Italy: Connoisseurship, Academic Scholarship and the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Laura Iamurri Art History in the Netherlands: The Past and Present of the Discipline, Marga van Mechelen and Kitty Zijlmans Art History in the Nordic Countries, Dan Karlholm, Hans Dam Christensen and Matthew Rampley A Marginalised Tradition? Polish Art History, Wojciech Balus In Search of National Traditions: Art History in Romania, Corina Teaca Art History in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia, Nenad Makuljevich Art History in Spain: A Generational History, Gonzalo M.