Art history's anxiety attack. (visual studies vs. art history) From: Afterimage | Date: May 1, 1997| Author: Hernandez, Eloy J. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Visual Studies Workshop. 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

An attack on visual studies and intertextuality was attempted by the editors of 'October' through a questionnaire on visual culture and articles on the positive aspects of art history. The 'October' editors lament the rise of a supposedly trendy and gullible field of visual and cultural studies. This has occasioned debates on the unnecessary competition between art history and visual studies. However, pro-visual culture scholars argue that art history as a discipline has been resisting sociol...

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