The practice of art history in America.

Daedalus | March 22, 2006| | Copyright

 
  "... the moment just past is extinguished forever, save for the things 
  made in it." 
  --George Kubler, The Shape of Time (1)

As the name for a discipline, 'art history' enacts a syntactical clash every time it is uttered or written. Which is the principal term, which its modifier? The two elements in their coupling confront one another in an undecided hierarchy. The more decorous substitute, 'history of art,' puts the weight on the object that history is called upon to serve, but its currency is less--and in the shorthand of everyday speech, virtually nil.

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