The relationship between art archeology and art history
1. Art archeology and art history have the same research data.
Western research on prehistory, Greek and Roman art history often overlaps with classical art archeology, when studying Chinese prehistory or even the art history of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. It also has a more special close relationship with art archeology, because both are firmly based on the data discovered by archaeology.
2. Art archeology and art history have obvious differences in research content and focus:
①The painting art studied in art history mainly studies the Song, Yuan and later Because the focus of art archeology research on scroll paintings is before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and there are few original scroll paintings and many imitations of the scroll paintings before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the issue of authenticating the scroll paintings of the Song and Yuan Dynasties is often regarded as the main issue of the Ming and Qing paintings. Classified as appraisal, art archeology mainly studies architectural murals, grotto murals, tomb murals, painted rock paintings, arts and crafts decorative paintings and paper and silk paintings before the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
② Ancient monuments, inscriptions and calligraphy are another part of the study of art history. He paid little attention to the evolution of the form, modeling style and decorative patterns of ancient inscriptions, which are the main contents of art archeology. At the same time, art archeology also pays attention to the study of inscription content and calligraphy art.
③Most art historians classify ancient Chinese rock paintings, portrait stones, and portrait bricks into the art of painting. In fact, their expression techniques and artistic effects are not exactly the same as those of paintings. Art Archeology It is considered that they are sculpture art, but they are slightly different from other sculpture arts in which round sculpture and relief are the main expression techniques. They are a relatively special sculpture art. Furthermore, art history also systematically studies the art theory of artists, Although art archeology occasionally touches on issues such as art trends, school debates, and art criticism, they are not part of a systematic study.
3. Art archeology and art history are both for the history of the occurrence and development of art.
Both have artistic analysis and research methods that have been gradually established and perfected to achieve their own research purposes. This kind of artistic analysis and research method with the same research purpose and the same use makes the two The union is very close, they are like brothers and sisters, and they are as close as sisters. However, the principles they follow in terms of artistic research methods cannot be confused