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The Collapse of the Origins
Prehistory Beyond Art History
Abstract As soon as it was invented, the idea of “prehistory” was integrated into Western theories of the origins and evolution of art. Rather than completing these theories as originally hoped, however, the concept of “prehistory” instead became an insuperable stumbling block for the contemporary obsession for the origins. By shedding light on this paradoxical situation, particularly with regard to Palaeolithic artefacts and images, this paper tries to shed light on the deconstructive power of “prehistory” when it comes to the ideologies of art history and the progress of “civilisation”.
Keywords art history, evolutionism, modernity, primitivism, progress
