55 Books for Art Historians. Key Ideas in Art History

This book provides a detailed analysis of the key ideas and concepts in art history by Aristotle, G. Vasari, H. Wölfflin, W. Benjamin, M. Heidegger, U. Eco, and many others. This work is an ideal reference book for anyone who wants not only to know and understand world art but also to navigate through names, eras, ideas, and theories of art history. The structure of the texts in this book allows readers not only to get acquainted with the most important philosophers and art historians but also to learn how their ideas differed from one another, who inspired them, whom they debated with, and how they thought. Highlighting key ideas, references to authors who wrote in a similar vein, listing works and main theses — all this makes the book "55 Books for Art Historians" an indispensable assistant for anyone studying art.