Qayyoomi Bidhendi, Mehrdad

[ 1 ] - The History of Art based on the Artist in Two Worlds: The Beginning of Art History in the West and Iran

In the West, the history of writing on art goes back to the classical antiquity but writing art history began with Giorgio Vasari’s 16th-century pioneering work on the artists’ biographies. In the present article, the authors follow the preliminary conditions that led to the birth and development of art history in the western world. The first important comparison is between the birth time of ar...