The politics of iconology

Author

Moxey, Keith

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Iconography at the crossroads : papers from the colloquium sponsored by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, 23-24 March, 1990

Author (monograph)

Cassidy, Brendan (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Iconography at the crossroads : papers from the colloquium sponsored by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, 23-24 March, 1990. 1993, 27-31

Publisher

Index of Christian Art, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Critique of Panofsky's iconology. Argues that it operates in the context of a correspondence theory of truth that claims access to historical fact and promotes the fiction that its conclusions are unmediated and non-ideological. Calls for a history of art that recognizes that all art historical writings is socially constructed and thus politically charged.

Subject (en)

• General works -- Historians and critics
• Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
• Writings
• Iconology
• Art history
• Methodology
• Art historians
• United States
• 1900-2000

Subject (fr)

• Généralités -- Historiens et critiques d'art
• Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
• Ecrits
• Iconologie
• Histoire de l'art
• Méthodologie
• Historiens de l'art
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940401-00341726

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