World art studies is an expression used to define studies in the discipline of

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

, which focus on the history of visual arts worldwide, its methodology, concepts and approach. The expression is also used within the academic curricula as title for specific art history courses and schools.

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There are several expressions related to World art studies which are often used as interchangeable. Kitty Zijlmans and Wilfried Van Damme provide some more specific definitions as following * ''World art studies'' is a concept conceived by the art historian

John Onians John B Onians, FSA (born 1942) is Professor Emeritus of World Art at the University of East Anglia, Norwich and specialised in architecture, especially the architectural theory of the Italian Renaissance; painting, sculpture and architecture in ...

in the early Nineties as a new field of studies, global and with a multidisciplinary approach. The multidisciplinary nature of World art studies differentiates them from ''world art history'' and ''global art history''. The expression ''World art studies'' was used by John Onians to rename the

School of Art History and World Art Studies The School of Art History and World Art Studies operates within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities department at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. History This institution was founded in 1964 as the School of Fine Arts and M ...

. The concept of ''World art studies'' is similar to the concept of ''Bildwissenschaft'' or ''image-ology'' is equally multidisciplinary in its approach to analysis of visual images. * '' Global art history'' refers to the study of art in present and recent past with a focus on the art worldwide and interrelated phenomena. This definition relies on the distinction operated by

Bruce Mazlish Bruce Mazlish (September 15, 1923 – November 27, 2016) was an American historian who was a professor in the Department of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work focused on historiography and philosophy of history, history ...

between ''global history'' and ''world history''. * ''World art history'' refers to the study of art of the whole human history. A remark made to this expression is the use of the world ''history'' in singular (history and not histories); the use of the plural is preferred by David Summers and James Elkins. James Elkins, ''Stories of Art, Routledge, New York, 2002.

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Bibliography

* ''Is Art History Global'', ed. James Winthorpe, Sonic Taylor & Francis Swigity, 2007. * ''World Art Studies: Exploring Concepts and Approaches'', eds. by Kitty Zijlmans and Wilfried Van Damme, Valiz, 2008. * ''Global Studies. Mapping Contemporary Art and Culture'', eds. Hans Belting, Jacob Birken, Andrea Buddensieg, Peter Weibel, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2011. * ''Art History and Visual Studies in Europe: Transnational Discourses and National Frameworks'', eds. Matthew Rampley, Thierry Lenain, Hubert Locher, Brill, 2012.

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A reading list of recommended articles and publications relevant for the study of global art
List published by the project ''Global Art and the Museum'', initiated in 2006 by

Peter Weibel Peter Weibel (; born 5 March 1944 in Odessa, USSR) is an internationally known Austrian post-conceptual artist, curator and new media theoretician. He started out in 1964 as a visual poet but soon jumped from the page to the screen within the sen ...

and

Hans Belting Hans Belting (born 7 July 1935 in Andernach, Rhine Province) is a German art historian and theorist of medieval and Renaissance art, as well as contemporary art and image theory. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and studied at the universities ...

ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe The ZKM , Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (until March 2016: ZKM Center for Art and Media Technology), a cultural institution, was founded in 1989. and since 1997 is located in a listed industrial building in Karlsruhe, Germany, a former muni ...

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