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The idea of close reading is fundamental in art history and literary criticism. This essay is about the coherence of the idea in art history and in some archaeology.

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A series of seven books, intended as barometers of the current state of art theory on seven different subjects. This site includes the Series Preface and Series Afterword.

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Art Criticism (an encyclopedia entry, written for the Grove Dictionary of Art, and interestingly censored by them). It's a survey of major theories of art criticism.

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Three anthologies are planned, in Russian, Spanish, and German. Links will be added here as the books appear.

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Is "art history" the name of a discipline, or an area of interest, that is practiced throughout the world? Or is it a Western interest, currently spreading along with capitalism?

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A book about the hypnotic attraction of oil and tempera: why painters love paint, even before the painting is half-finished.

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A book on the principal theories of modernism and postmodernism, considered in terms of how they divide up the past two centuries.

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A book about the kinds of images that are made and studied throughout the university, not just in the arts and humanities.