In his writing he combines disciplines as diverse as intellectual history,
critical theory and
museology. His 1998 book The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology is considered 'the most widely used English-language introduction to art history'.[1]
At UCLA, Professor Preziosi developed the art history critical theory program and the UCLA museum studies program. At Oxford, he held the
Slade Professorship of Fine Arts in 2001, where he delivered a series of lectures entitled Seeing Through Art History.[2]
Rethinking Art History: Meditations on a Coy Science (Yale University Press, New Haven & London), 1989
The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Structure & Social Order, Irene Bierman, Rifa'at Ali Abou-El-Haj & Donald Preziosi, eds.1992; [Co-Editor and two introductory essays]
The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology (edited, with two essays and 10 introductory essays; Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 1998)
Aegean Art and Architecture (with Louise Hitchcock; Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York, 1999)
Brain of the Earth's Body: Museums & the Fabrication of Modernity (Minnesota University Press, Minneapolis & London, 1999)
In the Aftermath of Art: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Politics (Routledge, 2005) – essays on visual culture and art history, 1988-2003, with a Critical Commentary by Johanne Lamoureux