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020			_z9780415531511 (hardback)
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050		4	_aN7480 _b.V48 2013
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100	1		_aVerstegen, Ian.
245	1	2	_aA realist theory of art history _h[electronic resource] / _cIan Verstegen.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2013.
300			_axix, 168 p. : _bill.
440		0	_aOntological explorations
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"As the theoretical alignments within academia shift, this book introduces a surprising variety of realism to abolish the old positivist-theory dichotomy that has haunted Art History. Demanding frankly the referential detachment of the objects under study, the book proposes a stratified, multi-causal account of art history that addresses postmodern concerns while saving it from its errors of self-refutation. Building from the very basic distinction between intransitive being and transitive knowing, objects can be affirmed as real while our knowledge of them is held to be fallible. Several focused chapters address basic problems while introducing philosophical reflection into art history. These include basic ontological distinctions - society and culture, general and 'special' history, the discontinuity of cultural objects, the importance of definition for special history, scales, facets and fiat objects as forms of historical structure, the nature of evidence and proof, historical truth and controversies. Stressing critical realism as the stratified, multi-causal approach needed for productive research today in the academy, this book creates the subject of the ontology of art history and sets aside a theoretical space for metaphysical reflection, thus clarifying the usually muddy distinction between theory, methodology and historiography in art history"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aArt _xHistoriography.
650		0	_aArt _xPhilosophy.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
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