艺术与历史(1969-2019)

Art and History,1969-2019

20世纪六七十年代以来,艺术史家与一般史家的不期而遇,打破了艺术与历史之间并不总是可渗透的边界。对图像学的兴趣与“语境”的发现促使艺术史家转向普通史学,而一般史家希望将艺术纳入“总体史”研究的一部分也开始涉猎艺术。以艺术与16世纪的宗教改革、18世纪艺术品市场的兴起以及19世纪政治纪念碑的激增为例,双方合作聚焦艺术与经济、政治的互动,不再把艺术看作是社会的一种表达,而是将艺术本身视为强大的力量。同时,对“艺术”标准之外客体的兴趣,导致了视觉文化的产生,增进了艺术史家与一般史家的趋同。但二者在“不同优先顺序”上的工作仍很难将艺术与历史联系在一起,跨学科的研究方兴未艾。

The unexpected encounters between art historians and generalist historians in the 1960s and 1970s broke down the not always porous boundaries between art and history.The interest in iconography and the discovery of“context”prompted art historians to turn to general historiography,and general historians who wished to include art as part of the study of“total history”also began to invade art.Taking art and the Reformation in the 16th century,the rise of the art market in the 18th century,and the proliferation of political monuments in the 19th century as examples,both sides cooperated to focus on the interaction between art,economy and politics,and no longer viewed art as an expression of society,but as a powerful force in itself.At the same time,interest in objects other than the“art”standard led to the emergence of visual culture and increased convergence between art historians and historians in general,but their work with“distinct sets of priorities”still made it difficult to connect art and history,and interdisciplinary research in this field are far from flourished.