| Social history of art as a kind of method of the study of the history it is trying to study with a specific time, specific area, any artist or art work associated with all kinds of social factors. New art society emerged in the 1970 s, from the research method itself, it inherits the traditional art history, the society as a collection of multiple variables causal relation, put forward the principles of human art origin. From the perspective of the category of art history development, although Gombrich criticized of Hegel "time spirit", but that doesn’t mean denying connection in the development of art, but against the explanation of certain specific development as a rule, art in the context of a particular logical conception and avoid general summary, in the study and replaced with slight rhetorical questions, new art history and also become a new trend of art history since 1970 s an integral part. If placed new art history in broader historical background, the new social history of art appeared since the 1970 s and also the transformation of the history of the new western historiography, the microscopic study of the history of the new, the understanding of the symbols, symbols and rituals, the attention to historical narrative and popularity, which influence the development of the new art history.In the study of new social historyof art emerge a batch of excellent art historians, this paper selected represented Michael Baxandall and T.J. Clark, analyse the interpretation of art and social relations. Baxandall ’s painting and experience in trying to explore how many ideas directly put in social control.In this specific group, they are not necessarily the same class, but it may have the opportunity to contact and understand a series of "the common identification style", these Shared source of visual experience is the creation of the painter, as Baxandall says, "painter always according to his audience of the most common skills to create paintings." Problem of ideology is a new branch of art history clark define the center of the problem, also be the basis of marxist school and Michael Baxandall.Unlike Michael Baxandall, T.J. clark puts forward several concepts in the study of art history, namely "class", " ideology", " landscape", etc.His object of study to modern painting, he thinks that the modern social and political conditions are in the painting of modern life, and paintings in shaping the social and political attitude plays a positive role.Late 20 th century, the new social- historical research methods are constantly emerging, they try to show that factors such as politics, race, ideology’s influence on the works of art, many scholars discuss the art history research system, in the right way way efforts at last.The exploration will provide inspiration for art history research in the new period. |
