| Art's Agency and Art History Contributor(s): Osborne, Robin (Editor), Tanner, Jeremy (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1405135379 ISBN-13: 9781405135375 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: "Art's Agency and Art History" develops a scintillating dialogue between anthropology and art history. It throws the subject of the anthropology of art into striking and much-needed relief, by re-articulating its relationships to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics. Using Alfred Gell's influential work as a touchstone, the book showcases nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists. Following an accessible introductory to Gell's anthropology of art, and its relationship with contemporary art history, the collection explores concepts and perspectives in a wide range of contexts, ranging from such cultures as Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, to those of Classical Greece and Rome, Imperial China, the Moche of Peru, and finally the modern Western world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 701.030 |
| LCCN: 2006020375 |
| Series: New Interventions in Art History |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.38" W x 9.01" (1.03 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Art's Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics.
|