A selection of the most influential and innovative writing on art history of the past two centuries.

Includes over thirty readings from all the major writers on art history, from Winckelmann to Foucault.

Each section focuses on a key issue, with an editorial introduction to provide background information, further reading, and critical elucidations of the issues at stake.

New edition includes sixteen new selections by key figures, a new concluding essay from Donald Preziosi on the tasks of the art historian today, and an entirely new section on Globalization and Its Discontents.