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Global Culture after Gombrich: Art, Mind, World

Edited by Cao Yiqiang, Edited by John Onians, Edited by Nicolas Penny, Edited by Matthew MacKisack

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Ernst Gombrich can be considered the mostÂ influential art historian of the 20th-century. UntilÂ now, however, the global impact of his work hasÂ been under-appreciated. Global Culture afterÂ Gombrich: Art, Mind, World presents essays byÂ historians of art and culture - themselves studentsÂ of Gombrich or associated with his scholarlyÂ home, the Warburg Institute - from Asia, the USA,Â and Europe. Subjects range from picture-makingâ€™s place inÂ human evolution to the visual marginalia of theÂ Renaissance, and from nineteenth-centuryÂ modernism to the implications of the latestÂ neuroscience for cultural history. Other chaptersÂ treat fundamental issues, such as the notion ofÂ connoisseurship, the fate of the idea of â€˜cultureâ€™, orÂ the cultural specificity of modernism. They rangeÂ from theoretical broadsides â€“ notably, a defence ofÂ the â€˜intelligenceâ€™ of art - to intricate reflections â€“ forÂ example on caricature as a style. In showing how Gombrich initiated enquiries thatÂ have spread in numerous â€“ and global â€“Â directions, Global Culture after Gombrich: Art,Â Mind, World makes a vital contribution toÂ contemporary debates around the languages of artÂ history and showcases the range of approachesÂ and methods by which art history is, and has yet toÂ be, written.