Artibus et Historiae no. 45 (XXIII)
2002, ISSN 0391-9064Up
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PHILIPPE JUNOD - In the Eye of the Mirror. An Argument for Retrospective Reading of Art History
That our vision has a historical background is demonstrated as much by differences of taste as it is by the ups and downs of the critical appreciation of the great masters of the past. The discovery of the subjectivity of vision and of the plurality of meanings might lead to deliberate projection or to a genuine and radical agnosticism. The realization, however, of how our knowledge of the present influences our image of the past also constitutes a source of value. A retrospective reading of art history is then capable of conferring a dimension of genuine dialogue on our aesthetic perception as long as this reading is based upon a relative understanding of objectivity.
