Art's agency and art history /

"Art and Agency and Art History" throws the subject of the anthropology of art into brilliant 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...

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Other Authors: Osborne, Robin, 1957-, Tanner, Jeremy, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Series:New interventions in art history.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Art and Agency and Art History" throws the subject of the anthropology of art into brilliant 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 overview, the collection explores concepts and perspectives in a wide range of contexts, ranging from such cultures as Bronze Age China and Mesopotamia to those of Classical Greece, Imperial Rome, the Classic Maya and finally of the modern western world
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470777275
0470777273
6611311173
9786611311179
0470763566
9780470763568