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Cross-Cultural Approaches in Art Criticism
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| Helia Darabi *, Mehdi Hoseini |
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Abstract: (13120 Views) |
| Academic disciplines of art history
and art criticism are generally based on
Western canon, the textbooks for these
disciplines –internationally- being mostly
focused on a historical study of Western
art and its underlying aesthetic principles.
In recent decades, however, this situation
has changed, and as researches from various
cultural backgrounds have gradually
joined these disciplines, a heightened
awareness regarding non-western art and
aesthetics has been raised. Cross-cultural
art criticism is based on the notion that
the definitions and manifestations of art
differ in various nations and cultures, and
therefore a standard, Western framework
for art criticism might not be applied to
all of these various practices and worldviews.
Cross-cultural approach underlines
contextual studies and mostly favors anthropological
approaches and methodologies.
It does not study the work of art per
se and in isolation, but its aim is to understand
the people through their works of
art. Therefore, the works of art should be
studied in regards to their original context,
and be viewed in the same way that their
creators viewed them. The work of art is
not a subject to study out of sheer curiosity,
but it is a manifestation of complex
metaphysical, social, and emotional issues
of a certain culture. |
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| Keywords: art criticism, cross-cultural criticism, visual anthropology, non-western |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2014/12/2 | Accepted: 2014/12/2
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