Abstract
This chapter considers the question of how initiatives towards a worldwide perspective in the study of art might be conceptually framed. The chapter also considers several topics of research that seem relevant once we start looking at the visual arts as a global phenomenon in time and space. It briefly introduces the idea of 'world art studies' and three extensive themes of investigation that might be pursued within this paradigmatic context. World art studies are also be positioned within the contemporary debate on art and globalization, and related to the cognate field of postcolonial art studies. The multidisciplinary character that world art studies is developing, ranging from neuroscience to anthropology to philosophy, is one major way in which this nascent field distinguishes itself from related fields that are emerging today, specifically 'world art history' and 'global art history'. Keywords:art history; globalization; postcolonial art studies; world art studies
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