The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline精品管理文档.ppt

‘The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline’ Erwin Panofsky (1955) History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline I. The history of the concept (‘Humanitas’ - Humanism - Humanities) II. The object of study steps (humanities / natural sciences) III. The material of study (natural phenomena / works of art) IV. Methods of interpretation / explanation (humanities / natural sciences) V. Why humanities? History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline (I) I. The history of the concept ‘Humanitas’ - Humanism - Humanities ‘humanitas’ has had two clearly distinguishable meanings: 1. Man and what is less than man (animality) 2. Man and what is more than man (divinity) ‘humanism’: ambivalence bw rationality / freedom and fallibility / frailty results in the humanistic postulate of responsibility and tolerance as human values History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline (II) II. The object of study and steps “Man’s signs and structures are records because, or rather in so far as, they express ideas separated from, yet realized by, the processes of signaling and building. These records have therefore the quality of emerging from the streams of time, and it is precisely in this respect that they are studied by the humanist. He is, fundamentally, an historian.” History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline (II) II. The object of study and steps humanities tradition, records of the past, historical facts (documents, structures) examination of records “the cosmos of culture” History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline (II) II. The object of study and steps sciences naturally found objects, phenomena, laws of nature “the cosmos of nature” History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline (II) II. The object of study and steps Relationship bw monuments, documents and a general historical concept in the humanities Relationship between phenomena, instruments and theory in the natural sciences History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline (III) III. The material of study (What