Heidegger and the Work of Art History

Heidegger and the Work of Art History explores the impact and future possibilities of Heideggers philosophy for art history and visual culture in the twenty-first century. Scholars from the fields of art history, visual and material studies, design, philosophy, aesthetics and new media pursue diverse lines of thinking that have departed from Heideggers work in order to foster compelling new accounts of works of art and their historicity. This collected book of essays also shows how studies in the history and theory of the visual enrich our understanding of Heideggers philosophy. In addition to examining the philosophers lively collaborations with art historians, and how his longstanding engagement with the visual arts influenced his conceptualization of history, the essays in this volume consider the ontological and ethical implications of our encounters with works of art, the visual techniques that form worlds, how to think about things beyond human-centred relationships, the moods, dispositions, and politics of arts history, and the terms by which we might rethink aesthetic judgment and the interpretation of the visible world, from the early modern period to the present day.