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MICROSTORY OF ART ONLINE JOURNAL FOR ART, CONNOISSEURSHIP AND CULTURAL JOURNALISM A Dictionary of Imaginary Art Historical Works

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Artless Utopias, A History of

We know much about how diverse utopias were rendered in art, but little as to the history that art does actually play (or has played) within the history of such utopias; since I am under the impression that art does play actually a rather minor role, I am calling for a history of ›artless utopias‹ that also deals with various ›artistic subcultures within ›artless utopias‹.

Alternative: Art Market-less Utopias, A History of.

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Biological Rhythms, Seasons and Calendars in Art:

I especially like the chapters on ›the nocturnal four seasons on earth‹ and on ›the seasons on other planets‹.

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Blushing:

A history of Blushing in Art (alternative: in the Art World). Alternative: Of Turning Pale.

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Connoisseurship, Visual History of:

Some attempts have been made. See http://www.seybold.ch/Dietrich/VisualHistoryOfConnoisseurship and http://www.seybold.ch/Dietrich/HistoryAndFutureOfConnoisseurship.

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Cradle-to-cradle-design:

On art works that comply to this principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle-to-cradle_design. (Rather do not, or: yes, please do apply this to the oeuvre of Damian Hirst).

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Cross-cultural Comedies in Art, Book on:

Self-explanatory.

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David Bowie, A Virtual Museum Curated by:

Once announced by a Swiss Journal. Never saw, at least as far as I can see, the light of (printed) day.

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Evolution or Creation?:

About the natural history that would be the outcome, if all animals ever rendered in art had been analyzed by Charles Darwin (or all men…).

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Expertise (Art), History of the:

Some attempts have been made. See/visit: http://www.seybold.ch/Dietrich/TheBookOfExpertises.

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Financial Crises…:

in Art (or artists households); alternative: An Art History of the Financial Crisis; alternative: On the Iconography of Bubbles (see below, and see also http://www.seybold.ch/Dietrich/ThoseWhoSeeMore).

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Fra Angelico, Book on:

As envisionned by the Marge Sherwood character in Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Talented_Mr._Ripley).

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Freeport, An Art History of the:

This is the virtual museum par excellence, virtually unknown (but why not put all the art works to be found in freeports on the internet, without informations as to owners and places of course…). Alternative: A History of Imaginary Art Works in Freeports; or: An Art History of Imaginary Freeports.

(not to be confused with Freeport Art Museum: http://www.freeportartmuseum.com)

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Going to…:

Artists of all countries, imagine that there would be a world center for a worldwide lifelong studentship for artists: Only condition: you would have to play the lottery to which city to go (and stay there)… (all cities, worldwide, in the package). My suggestion for an artist’s utopia/dystopia (or artists novel).

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Heartshaped (Box):

According to Swiss heart surgeon Thierry Carrel (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Carrel) the heart shape is to be found in all cultures. Why is that? A case for all world art experts.

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Improvement For the Worse, An Art History of the:

Self-explanatory.

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Memoirs:

By Bernard Berenson. See also ›Blushing‹, above.

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Morelli crime fiction:

See: http://www.seybold.ch/Dietrich/DanielArasse.

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Night Calls. A History of Artists on the Phone:

Inspired by a Stephen King anecdote: »He [Stanley Kubrick] used to call me on the phone at the most impossible times of day and night from England, and once he called, I remember, saying: ›Do you believe in God?‹ I somewhat thought about it and said then: ›Yes, I guess so.‹ Kubrick answered: ›No, I don’t think that there is a God‹, and hung up the phone.«

(Please don’t call them to say that I suggested that)

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Nowhere Man, The Artist as a:

See ›Artless Utopias, A History of‹, above. And listen to:

»He’s a real nowhere man / Sitting in his nowhere land / Making all his nowhere plans for nobody / Making all his nowhere plans for nobody / Making all his nowhere plans for nobody« (Lennon/McCartney)

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Revolutions in Art:

About the last days before revolutions turn art upside down.

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Scream and Laughter:

According to writer Stephen King the common reactions to horror movies. Hence: A History of Art Works that Inspired Screams or Laughter (or both; or ›shouts of laughters‹).

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Seven Days in the Art Historical World:

Or Seven Years. Or Seven Moons. At least we need more to know about Professors curating exhibitions in their spare time, about Post-Docs who feel nothing about ›missing art‹ (for the benefit of a professorial career in whatever fashionable art historical tribe) and about an establishment that, in tendency, is ignorant as to the history and theory of attributional studies (while every Professor is ready to admit that art history is built on: attributions).

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Tigris and Euphrates:

»The Abbasid palaces on the banks of Euphrates and Tigris were full of pictures. The same applies for the Cairo of the Fatimids«, says writer Abdelwahab Meddeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdelwahab_Meddeb). Apparently these pictures (not extant) were extensively described in chronicles. We are waiting for (virtual) reconstruction.

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Virtual Museum of Myths:

We need more virtual museums, and especially more museums that reflect the structure of myths and by dismantling mythical structures, reflected by the architecture of such museums, make myths more transparent. As for example I would start with a Museo Federico II, to be found in an imaginary Sicily, a museum that would also house my imaginary Art Museum of the Mediterranean Sea. Alternative: Museums on Imaginary Islands (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller_Island).

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World History:

The History Book that would be the outcome if history would only be written on the basis of art works (alternative: the Science).

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