tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post5932915264616413871..comments2023-10-09T06:54:04.099-06:00Comments on Past Times and Present Tensions: Rethinking? -- part oneJohn Hooker FSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-87369307596658268902013-11-22T22:16:38.282-07:002013-11-22T22:16:38.282-07:00Thank you very much, Wayne. Your allusion to the O...Thank you very much, Wayne. Your allusion to the Odd Couple film or T.V. series is perfect! (Felix and Oscar -- I add that clarification for the sake of my younger readers). Many archaeologists parted company with art-history long ago, and do not realize how much it has advanced in all of those years. It' s not as extreme as saying "I don't drive because I hate having to crank the engine", but it is that sort of attitude! Your comment is also timely because the next post (part six) will be about the section of the introduction entitled "But is it art?" I don't know how I will approach that at the moment, but should come up with something by Monday. (Sometimes I don't know what I will be covering before I start writing the post -- it always seems to fall into place, though)<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JohnJohn Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137246730421866659.post-9930626847799804752013-11-22T21:53:10.325-07:002013-11-22T21:53:10.325-07:00[There seems to be some glitch in Blogger's co...[There seems to be some glitch in Blogger's comment process on some machines, and Wayne Sayles cannot get it to work right, so he emailed his comment to me again and I post it below. If anyone else has having such difficulty, email me at john@writer2001.com]<br /><br />John;<br /><br />Your wealth of insight is inexhaustible. You've reminded me of mydays at the University of Wisconsin where I took Archaeology 101 and was immediately indoctrinated in "Historical Particularism". This basic ideology course placed great emphasis on collecting the most minute details and preserving them meticulously until the (unknown) theory that they might one day support rises like a Phoenix from the data. The teachers of this discipline are not a bit bashful about admitting exactly what you have said above - they are fixated on context and that is what they teach (with unabashed pride). It does boggle the mind of all but an 18-year-old (I was over 40). Oddly, the archaeology and art history programs are often conjoined, like Felix and Oscar, even at some rather large universities. It must create considerable consternation.John Hooker FSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001080340384925879noreply@blogger.com