| The Powers of Presence: Consciousness, Myth, and Affecting Presence Contributor(s): Armstrong, Robert Plant (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812278046 ISBN-13: 9780812278040 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1981 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Art | Sculpture & Installation - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 730.096 |
| LCCN: 81051136 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.11 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chiefly considering African and Upper Paleolithic work, Armstrong demonstrates that concepts of beauty, truth, and excellence are irrelevant in developing the aesthetic of a specific culture. By developing a unique aesthetic typology, he offers a reinterpretation of non-Western art that integrates human consciousness and its reification as art. More than eighty handsome photographs and drawings are included. |