Making and matching: aesthetic judgement and the production of art historical knowledge

In this paper I argue that aesthetic judgement plays a key role in the production of art historical knowledge and that judgements of taste lie at the very heart of art historical practice. My key claim is that in their encounters with art the art historian makes parallel judgements. First, they make...

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Main Author: Francis Halsall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/halsall-aesthetics.pdf