The Philosophy of Art History
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First American edition. Softcover. Octavo. X, 410, [2], XVI, [6]pp. Original decorative wrappers over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. This remarkable work deals with the methodology of art history, and so with questions about historical thinking; it enquires what scientific history of art can accomplish, what are its means and its limitations. It contains philosophical reflections on history, but not a philosophy of history in the sense of a theoretical scheme of world history, nor a logic of the historical process, nor yet historical prophecy; there is no attempt to deduce the process of history from some higher idea, nor yet to press everything past and future into a unitary scheme. Minor creasing and rubbing along upper edges of wrappers. Wraps in overall good, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Item #31141
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