The German-Jewish art historian (1866–1929) is known for his "Bilderatlas Mnemosyne" project, a compendium of photographs of artworks from across time and cultures categorized and mounted on cloth…
These are clearly pessimistic historiographies, imagining the discipline to be permanently cut off from its past heights or, alternately, damned from its very outset.
Stanford announced today that art historian Alexander Nemerov has been named the new chair of its Art & Art History Department. His tenure begins this fall.
Nemerov has been a part…