Art as Culture - An Introduction to the Anthropology of Art

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 the art forms that we see in museums and art books that have come from Native America or Africa or Oceania, are objects that were once part of a larger artistic whole from which they have been extracted. We need to try to piece together and imagine the artistic context as well as the cultural one if we are to attain a deeper sense of the import than the piece available to use provides. Even then, it is almost impossible to define the artistic whole. Perhaps we would do better to regard these pieces as fragments from the lifestyle of a people.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
Contexts and Comparisons: The Anthropological Approach
Where? The Geographical Dimension
How? The Technological Means
Who? The Psychological Perspective
Why? Social Contexts and Social Functions
"What.?" Art as Communication
When and Whence? The Time Dimension
The Esthetic Mystery
The Global Context-The 15th Century
Globalization-The 20th Century
Glossary
Bibliography

Info autore

EVELYN PAYNE HATCHER is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota. Her previous works published include Art as Culture: An Introduction to the Anthropology of Art (1985).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Evelyn Hatcher, Evelyn P. Hatcher
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.1999
• EAN: 9780897896283
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-628-3
• Pagine: 360
• Peso: 652 g
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; Cultural Studies, Theory of art, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, ART / Criticism & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Popular Culture: Media, Television, and Radio