A World Art History and Its Objects

写一部世界艺术史可能吗？艺术史本身是否存在于西方传统之外？有没有可能从根本上不以欧洲为中心来思考艺术史？
在这本极具可读性和挑衅性的书中，哲学家和艺术史学家戴维·卡利（David Carrier）并没有试图亲自撰写一部世界艺术史。相反，他提出的问题是，如何书写所有文化的艺术史，或者是否有可能这样做。他还参与了多元文化艺术史理念所引发的政治和道德问题。Carrier专注于交叉艺术传统的考虑，例如，当一种文化的视觉对象被插入另一种文化的视觉传统时，Carrier谈判意义和理解的转移或改变方式。
《世界艺术史及其对象》提出使用时间叙事作为开始理解多元文化艺术史的一种方式。
A World Art History and Its Objects
Is writing a world art history possible? Does the history of art as such even exist outside the Western tradition? Is it possible to consider the history of art in a way that is not fundamentally Eurocentric?
In this highly readable and provocative book, David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written – or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural art history. Focusing on a consideration of intersecting artistic traditions, Carrier negotiates the way meaning and understanding shift or are altered when a visual object from one culture, for example, is inserted into the visual tradition of another culture.
“A World Art History and Its Objects” proposes the use of temporal narrative as a way to begin to understand a multicultural art history.

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