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type: concept
title: Social History of Art
tags: [methodology, sociology, art-history]
related: [gerhard-weilandt, interdisciplinary-art-history]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_kunstgeschichte_mitarbeitende_ehemalige_mitarbeitende_pro.md"]
---

# Social History of Art

The **Social History of Art** is a methodological approach that analyzes artworks not merely as aesthetic objects, but as products of specific social, economic, and political structures. 

In the research of [[gerhard-weilandt]], this involves:
- Examining the relationship between art and the social status of patrons (e.g., the role of private chapels in late medieval Nuremberg).
- Analyzing the economic conditions of artist workshops.
- Studying the intersection of liturgical function and social hierarchy within sacred spaces.
