{"product_id":"the-anthropology-of-art-isbn-9781405105620","title":"The Anthropology of Art","description":"This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in the field from the second half of the twentieth century, it enables readers to appreciate the art of different cultures at different times. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvances a cross-cultural concept of art that moves beyond traditional distinctions between Western and non-Western art.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the basis for the appreciation of art of different cultures and times.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnhances readers’ appreciation of the aesthetics of art and of the important role it plays in human society.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anthropology of Art: A Reflection on its History and Contemporary Practice 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoward Morphy and Morgan Perkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Foundations and Framing the Discipline 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Primitive Art 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFranz Boas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Split Representation in the Art of Asia and America 56\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaude Le´vi-Strauss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Introduction to Tribes and Forms in African Art 74\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Fagg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Style, Grace, and Information in Primitive Art 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGregory Bateson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tikopia Art and Society 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaymond Firth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Abelam Artist 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Forge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Primitivism, Art, and Artifacts 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Modernist Primitivism: An Introduction 129\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Rubin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Defective Affinities: ‘‘Primitivism’’ in 20th Century Art 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur C. Danto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Histories of the Tribal and the Modern 150\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Clifford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A Case in Point and Afterwords to Primitive Art in Civilized Places 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSally Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Oriental Antiquities\/Far Eastern Art 186\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCraig Clunas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Introduction to Art\/Artifact: African Art in Anthropology Collections 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Vogel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Vogel’s Net: Traps as Artworks and Artworks as Traps 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlfred Gell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Aesthetics across Cultures 237\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Yoruba Artistic Criticism 242\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Farris Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Style in Technology: Some Early Thoughts 270\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather Lechtman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 ‘‘Marvels of Everyday Vision’’: The Anthropology of Aesthetics and the Cattle-keeping Nilotes 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy Coote\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 From Dull to Brilliant: The Aesthetics of Spiritual Power Among the Yolngu 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoward Morphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Form, Style, and Meaning 321\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Visual Categories: An Approach to the Study of Representational Systems 326\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNancy D. Munn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Structural Patterning in Kwakiutl Art and Ritual 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Sacred Art and Spiritual Power: An Analysis of Tlingit Shamans’ Masks 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAldona Jonaitis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 All Things Made 374\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid M. Guss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Modernity and the ‘‘Graphicalization’’ of Meaning: New Guinea Highland Shield Design in Historical Perspective 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael O’Hanlon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Marketing Culture 407\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Arts of the Fourth World 412\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNelson H. H. Graburn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Collecting and Display of Souvenir Arts: Authenticity and the ‘‘Strictly Commercial’’ 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth B. Phillips\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Art of the Trade: On the Creation of Value and Authenticity in the African Art Market 454\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristopher B. Steiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Contemporary Artists 467\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 A Second Reflection: Presence and Opposition in Contemporary Maori Art 472\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicholas Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Representing Culture: The Production of Discourse(s) for Aboriginal Acrylic Paintings 495\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFred Myers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Aesthetics and Iconography: An Artist’s Approach 513\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGordon Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Kinds of Knowing 520\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharlotte Townsend-Gault\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Cew Ete Haw I Tih: The Bird That Carries Language Back to Another 544\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJolene Rickard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 549\u003c\/p\u003e  “\u003ci\u003eThe Anthropology of Art\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb compilation that enables both scholar and student to have in one volume the major studies and debates in this discipline. In the insightful introduction, the editors survey the history of the field and tackle the vexing problem of defining art in cross-cultural perspective.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIvan Karp, Emory University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An excellent, near-perfect book that demonstrates the centrality of the anthropology of art in both anthropology and art history debates. The essential reader for anyone who wants a broad, stimulating introduction to the field.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeremy MacClancy, Oxford Brookes University\u003c\/i\u003e“Addresses significant debates … .Seems[s] to provide an understanding of the often subtle but underlying discourse on contemporary African art.” \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A unique and timely manual that serves to connect the student with the creative impulse of man.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eHoward Morphy\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at the Australian National University and Honorary Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorgan Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Anthropology and of Art, Director of the Weaver Museum of Anthropology, and Director of the Museum Studies Program, at SUNY, Potsdam\u003c\/p\u003e  This anthology provides a single-volume overview of the essential theoretical debates in the anthropology of art. Drawing together significant work in the field from the second half of the twentieth century, it enables readers to appreciate the art of various cultures at different times. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essay from the editors, offering an intellectual critique of the history of the discipline and exploring the contribution that the analysis of art can make to human societies, prefaces the volume; each part also begins with a useful editorial introduction to the readings. The readings themselves cover all the major debates in the field, including: definitions of art and aesthetics; the nature of representational processes; the nature of authenticity; the Primitivism controversy; the history of trade and commodification; and the role of contemporary artists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis anthology is the ideal resource for readers new to the anthropology of art. At the same time, it allows those with some knowledge of the discipline to see how art and aesthetics can contribute to their research.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990157344997,"sku":"NP9781405105620","price":56.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405105620.jpg?v=1761786723","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-anthropology-of-art-isbn-9781405105620","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}