About this title: This text applies anthropological theory and information to the study of art. The author contends that the concept of art as being purely for aesthetic contemplation, that is typical of industrial civilization, is not a very useful one for cross-cultural studies. The majority of art forms that can be seen in museums and art books that have come from Native America, Africa or Oceania are objects that were once part of a larger artistic whole from which they have been extracted. In order to attain a deeper sense of the import the piece provides, the author believes it is necessary to piece ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bergin & Garvey
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780897896283ISBN:0897896289
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J F Bergin & Garvey
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780897896283ISBN:0897896289
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