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The Decorative Arts within Art Historical Discourse: Where Is the Dialogue Now and Where Is It Heading? CAA
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2012-05-04 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2012-04-21 |
| Announcement ID: |
194106 |
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CAA session Feb. 13-16, 2013:
The Decorative Arts within Art Historical Discourse: Where Is the Dialogue Now and Where Is It Heading?
The decorative arts are frequently regarded as minor arts in comparison with the “beaux arts” of painting, sculpture, and ar¬chitecture. Although William Morris wished to democratize art, his writings tended to exacerbate this gulf. The Wiener Werk¬stätte, Omega Workshops, and Bauhaus also all tried, but failed, to bridge the gap. Today, art history students often encounter the decorative arts late in their careers, if at all. Even among scholars, the decorative arts have become associated with “ma¬terial culture,” a social science term. This panel will investigate the current status, and future direction, of the decorative arts within art history from a number of different approaches, including material culture, gender studies, Marxism, and semiot¬ics. Are museums better repositories of decorative arts scholar¬ship than universities? Is the term “decorative arts” appropriate, or is it as limiting as “applied arts,” “material culture,” “design,” and “craft?”
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