Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism.(Book Reviews)(Book Review) From: The Art Bulletin | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Elkins, James | COPYRIGHT 2004 College Art Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism

London: Phaidon. 2003. 707 pp., 343 b/w ills. $75.00

Far and away the most pressing problem facing the discipline of art history is the prospect of world art history. And yet the first thing that needs to be said about that troublesome expression is that there is no consensus about its meaning or even its value. The common alternatives and near synonyms for world art hist...

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