Vasari, Schapiro, Schaafsma: Three Points of Departure for a Discussion of Style in Rock Art
This article examines the concept of style by combining three approaches: that of Giorgio Vasari, whose work is a classic of Western art history, that of Meyer Schapiro, which mediates between art−historical and archaeological/anthropological disciplines, and that of Polly Schaafsma, an ex...
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| description | This article examines the concept of style by combining three approaches: that of Giorgio Vasari, whose work is a classic of Western art history, that of Meyer Schapiro, which mediates between art−historical and archaeological/anthropological disciplines, and that of Polly Schaafsma, an example of what stylistic analysis may achieve in rock art studies. We foreground rock art by reason of its ubiquity and time-depth, at the same time placing it in the context of any kind of depiction. In the course of the argument, we comment on a variety of relevant issues, such as those relating to progress in art; to realism; to the relation of style and history, that is, cultural context; and to quantitative as well as qualitative analytical methodologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c217d48694b946538e83d82844adfdb42022-12-21T18:57:53ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522019-07-01838010.3390/arts8030080arts8030080Vasari, Schapiro, Schaafsma: Three Points of Departure for a Discussion of Style in Rock ArtLivio Dobrez0Patricia Dobrez1Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2602, AustraliaIndependent Scholar, Canberra, ACT 2602, AustraliaThis article examines the concept of style by combining three approaches: that of Giorgio Vasari, whose work is a classic of Western art history, that of Meyer Schapiro, which mediates between art−historical and archaeological/anthropological disciplines, and that of Polly Schaafsma, an example of what stylistic analysis may achieve in rock art studies. We foreground rock art by reason of its ubiquity and time-depth, at the same time placing it in the context of any kind of depiction. In the course of the argument, we comment on a variety of relevant issues, such as those relating to progress in art; to realism; to the relation of style and history, that is, cultural context; and to quantitative as well as qualitative analytical methodologies.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/8/3/80rock artsouthwestern American rock artart historyarchaeologystylerealism |
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| title | Vasari, Schapiro, Schaafsma: Three Points of Departure for a Discussion of Style in Rock Art |
| title_full | Vasari, Schapiro, Schaafsma: Three Points of Departure for a Discussion of Style in Rock Art |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Vasari, Schapiro, Schaafsma: Three Points of Departure for a Discussion of Style in Rock Art |
| title_short | Vasari, Schapiro, Schaafsma: Three Points of Departure for a Discussion of Style in Rock Art |
| title_sort | vasari schapiro schaafsma three points of departure for a discussion of style in rock art |
| topic | rock art southwestern American rock art art history archaeology style realism |
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