The Transnational History of Art History

Starting with the global reception of Heinrich Wölfflin's Principles of Art History and the ongoing publication of his Collected Works, this Research Priority conceives the history of art history in a transnational perspective as a migration of ideas, texts, and the authors themselves. A further component is a critical reflection on the globalization of historical and contemporary research methods and technologies. Exploring early scholarship on Indian art, for example, leads to new questions about form and formalism, the role of geometric abstraction as a modern universal language of art, and artistic research and art history, which have their roots in classical Italian art and art theory. The goal is to inspire a critical history of methods, theory, and research that places Italian art, architecture, and art theory of the early modern period in the focus of transnational aesthetic discourses and within the framework of a geography of concepts and terms. The Department aims to support the methodological innovation of the Institute’s research practices and to expand them to Feminism and Gender Studies, post- and decolonial approaches, the history of art history, an iconology of mediums, materials and techniques, Digital Humanities, Eco-Criticism, and Disability Studies. Thus, this Research Priority intersects with all the others in the Department.

Events

Form, Style, Principles: Art Historical and Theoretical Reflections – A Conference of the Wölfflin Edition

Conference
Event location: Zurich (CH) and online
Nov 18, 2024 - Nov 20, 2024
Online / University of Zurich; Aula + Lichthof

Research Seminar Series "Methodology and Ideology: Critical Perspectives on the Historical Paradigms of Art History" (7th Research Seminar): Mandrake. A Natural History of Image Making

Ulrich Pfisterer
Oct 17, 2023 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome and online

Research Seminar Series "Methodology and Ideology: Critical Perspectives on the Historical Paradigms of Art History" (6th Research Seminar): Whose 'Reality'? Art, Philosophy and Ideology in the ČSSR, 1948-1978

Hana Gründler
Public event without registration
Jun 12, 2023 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome and online

The Notion of Renaissance, Between History and Myth. Origins, Transformations, New-Perspectives

Conference
Public event with registration / May 26: participation only online still available
May 24, 2023 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) - May 27, 2023 01:00 PM
VIVE – Vittoriano e Palazzo Venezia, Sala del Refettorio, Via del Plebiscito 118, 00186 Roma (May 24th, 25th, 27th) and Bibliotheca Hertziana, Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Roma (May 26th)

Research Seminar Series "Methodology and Ideology: Critical Perspectives on the Historical Paradigms of Art History" (4th Research Seminar): Seeing through Madness: A Roman Holiday

W. J. T. Mitchell
Event on-site and online
Nov 15, 2022 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rom

Bilderwirtschaft: Fotografie als Ware und Material der Kunstgeschichte um 1900

Veranstaltungsort: München / Online: Zoom
Nov 2, 2022 01:30 PM - 08:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte

Research Seminar Series "Methodology and Ideology: Critical Perspectives on the Historical Paradigms of Art History" (2nd Research Seminar): Southern Discomfort - Art and Abjection at the Birth of a Discipline

Joris van Gastel
Online event via Zoom and on site (previous registration)
Sep 30, 2022 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rom

Research Seminar Series "Methodology and Ideology: Critical Perspectives on the Historical Paradigms of Art History" (1st Research Seminar): Mimesis and Self-Mimesis: What Belongs to Whom?

Eric Michaud
Event on site and via Zoom
May 31, 2022 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rom
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