Art In Small Scale Societies

Author : Richard L. Anderson
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015013188001

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Art in Small-scale Societies by Richard L. Anderson Pdf

Using information from many in-depth fieldwork studies of hunter-gatherer, horticultural, and pastoral peoples from around the world, this book provides a comprehensive account of the major questions regarding art in its cultural context. Anderson presents are not as exotic-looking museum pieces, but as aesthetically powerful artifacts that play vital roles in the social, intellectual, and affective lives of the people who make and use them.

Author : Richard L. Anderson,Karen L. Field
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015029105940

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Art in Small-scale Societies by Richard L. Anderson,Karen L. Field Pdf

Each one of the 34 readings in this text is derived from rigorously collected field data, and addresses the major questions about art in small-scale societies: what does art do, what meanings does it convey, who makes it, how is it conceptualized by those who use it, and how does it change with the passage of time? Over 100 illustrations provide visual references and the text represents a wide variety of cultures, art forms (not only visual arts but performing arts as well), authorial voices, and theoretical models. For artists, sociologists, undergraduate and graduate readers.

Author : Alex Neill,Aaron Ridley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135688158

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Arguing About Art by Alex Neill,Aaron Ridley Pdf

Offering a unique 'debate' format, the third edition of the bestselling Arguing About Art is ideal for newcomers to aesthetics or philosophy of art. This lively collection presents an extensive range of short, clear introductions to each of the discussions which include: sentimentality appreciation interpretation understanding objectivity nature food horror. With revised introductions, updated suggestions for further reading and new sections on pornography and societies without art, Arguing About Art provides a stimulating and accessible anthology suitable for those coming to aesthetics for the first time. The book will also appeal to students of art history, literature, and cultural studies.

Author : Robert Layton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1991-08-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521368944

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The Anthropology of Art by Robert Layton Pdf

An authoritative introduction to art forms in the non-Western world addresses the problem of cross-cultural aesthetic appreciation in societies ranging from traditional West African craftsmen to Australian hunter-gatherers.

Author : Abraham Rosman,Paula G. Rubel,Maxine Weisgrau
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759118515

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The Tapestry of Culture by Abraham Rosman,Paula G. Rubel,Maxine Weisgrau Pdf

The Tapestry of Culture: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology provides students and the interested public with a concise picture of the field of cultural anthropology today. From the first edition of Tapestry of Culture published in the early 1980s until now, anthropology has changed greatly, responding to scholarly and political influences as well as changing generations; the ninth edition reflects this ongoing transformation. The influence of postmodernism has generated new debates over theory and practice in anthropology. The content of Tapestry explains these debates, as well as what is still generally accepted and agreed upon by most anthropologists. This edition provides the instructor, student and lay public with the information necessary to enable them to critically read the literature of anthropology, more specifically ethnographic texts which are still the heart of this field. The approach of the book is to accommodate the various points of view in anthropology today. It shows how the concepts, ideas and behavior of other cultures are translated into our culture's terms. Though today many emphasize each culture's uniqueness, the presence of cultural similarities is compelling. Using a comparative approach, The Tapestry of Culture reveals cultural similarities, as well as the cultural differences.

Author : Elisabeth Schellekens,Peter Goldie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199691517

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The Aesthetic Mind by Elisabeth Schellekens,Peter Goldie Pdf

The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of art and the aesthetic. An eminent international team of experts explores the roles of emotion, imagination, empathy, and beauty in this realm of human experience, discussing visual and literary art, music, and dance.

Author : Hope B. Werness
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0826414656

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Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art by Hope B. Werness Pdf

This lavishly produced voulume is the first reference work to focus on the symbols, meaning, and significance of art in native, or indigenous, cultures.

Author : Hope B. Werness
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0826419135

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Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in World Art by Hope B. Werness Pdf

Animals and their symbolism in diverse world cultures and different eras of human history are chronicled in this lovely volume.

Author : Jill Forshee
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824822889

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Between the Folds by Jill Forshee Pdf

Textiles have long been integral to the social life and cosmology of the people of East Sumba, Indonesia. In recent decades, the villagers have entered a larger world economy as their textiles have joined the commodity flow of an international ethnic arts market, stimulated by Indonesia's tourist trade. As the people of Sumba respond to an immensely expanded commerce in their cloth, tensions and ironies emerge between history and innovation in both cloth and lives.

Author : Ruth B. Phillips,Christopher B. Steiner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520918764

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Unpacking Culture by Ruth B. Phillips,Christopher B. Steiner Pdf

Tourist art production is a global phenomenon and is increasingly recognized as an important and authentic expression of indigenous visual traditions. These thoughtful, engaging essays provide a comparative perspective on the history, character, and impact of tourist art in colonized societies in three areas of the world: Africa, Oceania, and North America. Ranging broadly historically and geographically, Unpacking Culture is the first collection to bring together substantial case studies on this topic from around the world.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Florina H. Capistrano-Baker
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780870996979

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Art of Island Southeast Asia by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Florina H. Capistrano-Baker Pdf

Author : Marion Dowd,Robert Hensey
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785701948

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The Archaeology of Darkness by Marion Dowd,Robert Hensey Pdf

Through time people have lived with darkness. Archaeology shows us that over the whole human journey people have sought out dark places, for burials, for votive deposition and sometimes for retreat or religious ritual away from the wider community. Thirteen papers explore Palaeolithic use of deep caves in Europe and the orientation of mortuary monuments in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It examines how the senses are affected in caves and monuments that were used for ritual activities, from Bronze Age miners in Wales working in dangerous subterranean settings, to initiands in Italian caves, to a modern caver’s experience of spending time in the one of the world’s deepest caves in Russia. We see how darkness was and is viewed at northern latitudes where parts of the year are spent in eternal night, and in Easter Island where darkness provided communal refuge from the pervasive sun. We know that spending extended periods in darkness and silence can affect one physically, emotionally and spiritually. How did interactions between people and darkness affect individuals in the past and how were regarded by their communities? And how did this interaction transform places in the landscape? As the ever-increasing electrification of the planet steadily minimizes the amount of darkness in our lives, curiously, darkness is coming more into focus. This first collection of papers on the subject begins a conversation about the role of darkness in human experience through time.

Author : H. James Birx
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 3138 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780761930297

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Encyclopedia of Anthropology by H. James Birx Pdf

Collects 1,000 entries on the subfields on anthropology, including physical anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, linguistics, and evolution.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : mysticalgod
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Magical Advice -- Pt. 7, from Mysticalgod by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ross Bowden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781793611376

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Art and Creativity in a New Guinea Society by Ross Bowden Pdf

The Kwoma, the subject of this book, are one of a number of peoples in the Sepik River region of northern Papua New Guinea who have created some of the most distinctive visual art in the Pacific. Through case studies of their painting, sculpture, architecture and ritual this book examines in detail how people in this society understand their art as a cultural phenomenon. This includes how they understand its origins in the spirit world, how they judge quality in art and how they understand artistic creativity. The book contrasts Kwoma beliefs with the radically different approach to art found in the modern West. The modern Western concept of art first emerged not in the eighteenth century in the Enlightenment, or even later, as anthropologists and art historians often assume, but several centuries earlier in the Renaissance. The book gives an account of radical changes that took place culturally in Europe between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries in the way human intellectual creativity was understood, and how this gave rise to a new concept of art, one that remains unchanged in the modern West today.