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The Barbarian Invasions: A Genealogy of the History of Art

The Barbarian Invasions: A Genealogy of the History of Art

Michaud, Eric

Hardcover

Series: October Books

Art HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

Publisher Price: $35.00

ISBN10: 0262043157
ISBN13: 9780262043151
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: Dec 3 2019
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.85
Height: 0.90 Width: 7.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
How the history of art begins with the myth of the barbarian invasion--the romantic fragmentation of classical eternity.

The history of art, argues Éric Michaud, begins with the romantic myth of the barbarian invasions. Viewed from the nineteenth century, the Germanic-led invasions of the Roman Empire in the fifth century became the gateway to modernity, seen not as a catastrophe but as a release from a period of stagnation, renewing Roman culture with fresh, northern blood--and with new art that was anti-Roman and anticlassical. Artifacts of art from then on would be considered as the natural product of races and peoples rather than the creation of individuals. The myth of the barbarian invasions achieved the fragmentation of classical eternity.

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