Cultural Differentiation and Cultural Identity in the Visual Arts [antikvár]

Preface in 1982 the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and the Department of the History of Art at The Johns Hopkins Uni- versity initiated a joint annual symposium to consider broad issues in the history of art and related disciplines. The 1987 sym- posium on "Cultural Differentiation and Cultural Identity in the Visual Arts" con- cerned the way political entities use the visual arts to differentiate themselves from others and shape a distinctive cultural iden- tity. Implicit here are the procedures and structures adopted to form a specific cul- tural norm, maintain its currency, and ef- fect its modification. The theme of the sym- posium was also intended to encourage examination of the development and for- mation of cultural identities that either may result from a gradual accretion or may be the consequence of the events of a brief moment. This publication, containing the seven papers presented in March 1987 plus an introduction, is the third of the Center- Hopkins programs to result in a volume within the symposium series of Studies in the History of Art. The cosponsoring in- stitutions are grateful to Susan J. Barnes and Walter S. Melion for editing the papers for publication and preparing the introduction. The Center also expresses its appreciation to the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation for making its part of these joint gatherings possible. The volume was prepared for pub- lication by the Editors Office of the Na- tional Gallery. The symposium series of Studies in the History of Art is designed to document scholarly meetings held under the auspices of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and to stimulate further re- search. Future volumes in the series will chronicle additional symposia, including those jointly sponsored by the Center and sister institutions. HENRY A. MILLON Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts