Critical terms for art history

Mediation / Robert S. Nelson

At the Place of a Foreword: Someone Looking, Reading, and Writing / Robert S. Nelson

1. Representation / David Summers

2. Sign / Alex Potts

3. Simulacrum / Michael Camille

4. Word and Image / W. J. T. Mitchell

5. Narrative / Wolfgang Kemp

6. Performance / Kristine Stiles

7. Style / Jas Elsner

8. Context / Paul Mattick, Jr.

9. Meaning/Interpretation / Stephen Bann

10. Originality / Richard Shiff

11. Appropriation / Robert S. Nelson

12. Art History / David Carrier

13. Modernism / Charles Harrison

14. Avant-Garde / Ann Gibson

15. Primitive / Mark Antliff and Patricia Leighten

16. Memory/Monument / James E. Young

17. Body / Amelia Jones

18. Beauty / Ivan Gaskell

19. Ugliness / Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer

20. Ritual / Suzanne Preston Blier

21. Fetish / William Pietz

22. Gaze / Margaret Olin

23. Gender / Whitney Davis

24. Identity / Richard Meyer

25. Production / Terry Smith

26. Commodity / Paul Wood

27. Collecting/Museums / Donald Preziosi

28. Value / Joseph Leo Koerner and Lisbet Rausing

29. Postmodernism/Postcolonialism / Homi K. Bhabha

30. Visual Culture/Visual Studies / James D. Herbert

31. Social History of Art / Craig Clunas

Afterword: Figuration / Richard Shiff.

At the place of a foreword : someone looking, reading, and writing / Robert S. Nelson

Representation / David Summers

Sign / Alex Potts

Simulacrum / Michael Camille

Word and image / W.J.T. Mitchell

Narrative / Wolfgang Kemp

Context / Paul Mattick, Jr.

Meaning/interpretation / Stephen Bann

Originality / Richard Shiff

Appropriation / Robert S. Nelson

Art history / David Carrier

Modernism / Charles Harrison

Avant-garde / Ann Gibson

Primitive / Mark Antliff and Patricia Leighten

Ritual / Suzanne Preston Blier

Fetish / William Pietz

Gaze / Margaret Olin

Gender / Whitney Davis

Modes of production / Terry Smith

Commodity / Paul Wood

Collecting/museums / Donald Preziosi

Value / Joseph Leo Koerner and Lisbet Koerner

Postmodernism/postcolonialism / Homi K. Bhabha

Afterword : figuration / Richard Shiff.

Mediation / Robert S. Nelson

At the place of a foreword : someone looking, reading, and writing / Robert S. Nelson

Operations

Representation / David Summers ; Sign / Alex Potts ; Simulacrum / Michael Camille

Communications

Word and image / W.J.T. Mitchell ; Narrative / Wolfgang Kemp ; Performance / Kristine Stiles ; Style / Jas Elsner ; Context / Paul Mattick, Jr. / Meaning/interpretation / Stephen Bann

Histories

Originality / Richard Shiff ; Appropriation / Robert S. Nelson ; Art history / David Carrier ; Modernism / Charles Harrison ; Avant-garde / Ann Gibson ; Primitive / Mark Antliff & Patricia Leighten ; Memory/monument / James E. Young

Social relations

Body / Amelia Jones ; Beauty / Ivan Gaskell ; Ugliness / Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer ; Ritual / Suzanne P. Blier ; Fetish / William Pietz ; Gaze / Margaret Olin ; Gender / Whitney Davis ; Identity / Richard Meyer

Societies

Production / Terry Smith ; Commodity / Paul Wood ; Collecting/museums / Donald Preziosi ; Value / Joseph L. Koerner & Lisbet Rausing ; Postmodernism/postcolonialism / Homi K. Bhabha ; Visual culture/visual studies / James D. Herbert ; Social history of art / Craig Clunas ; Afterword : Figuration / Richard Shiff.