Working from a discourse analysis perspective, Müller examines how a national art history was constituted through its linguistic construction and transmission. The study demonstrates how German art history was 'manufactured' through language, particularly in the 19 ^th and 20 ^th centuries. The study operates at the interface between text linguistics, the history of concepts and the history of words and makes an important contribution to the history of national consciousness.

Marcus Müller, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.