RICHMOND
THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY
IN LONDON
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
MA in Art History
Preliminary Reading List
We do not expect you to read or buy all of these texts, before arriving in London. But it
is worth bearing in mind that books are much cheaper in the US and that the Richmond
library, like any other, cannot hold enough copies of each book to satisfy a wide and
diverse readership. We suggest you at least look at some of the following in order to start
thinking about art historical theory and method. We encourage you to use your own
judgement and read the texts which are of particular interest to you.
D’Alleva, A. 2005. Methods & Theories of Art History. London: Lawrence King.
D’Alleva, A. 2006. How to Write Art History. London: Lawrence King.
Fernie, E. 2001[1995]. Art History and its Methods: A Critical Anthology. London: Phaidon.
Harrison, C. and P. Wood. 2002. Art in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas.
Oxford: Blackwell.
Hatt, M. and C. Klonk (eds) 2006. Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods.
Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Hills, P. 2001. Modern Art in the USA. Boston: Pentice Hall.
Hooper-Greenhill, E. 2000. Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture. London:
Routledge.
Karp, I. and S.D. Levine (eds) 1991. Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum
Display. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.
Mirzoeff, N. (ed.) 1998. The Visual Culture Reader. London: Routledge.
Preziosi. D. (ed.) 1998. The Art of Art History: A critical Anthology. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Said, E. 1978. Orientalism. London: Penguin (and later editions).
Staniszewski, M.A. 1995. Believing is seeing: Creating the Culture of Art. New York:
Penguin Books.
Wood, P. 1998. Art in Theory 1815-1900. Oxford: Blackwell.
Wood, P. 2004. Varieties of Modernism. Yale University Press / Open University.