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- 9781847889447
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1847889441
ISBN-13
9781847889447
eBay Product ID (ePID)
123172413
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
World Art : an Introduction to the Art in Artefacts
Subject
Museum Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History / General
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Art, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Length
9.8 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2012-033114
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In World Art , Ben Burt provides a sweeping overview of how the concept of art has emerged within an entangled fretwork of material and visual practices, academic disciplines, institutions, and global political processes. By looking at diverse art traditions from all over the world, this volume pushes the reader to consider the ways in which orientalism, primitivism, classicism, anthropology, art history, colonialism, globalization and the market all filter and constitute our understanding of what art is. Perfect for students and anyone interested in understanding the social context of art and in learning more about the diverse art traditions of the planet.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
701/.18
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction: The Art in ArtefactsPart I: Western Perspectives Chapter 1 - The Origins of ArtChapter 2 - Classical ArtChapter 3 - Oriental ArtChapter 4 - Primitive ArtChapter 5 - Prehistoric ArtPart II: Cross-cultural PerspectivesChapter 6 - FormChapter 7 - MeaningChapter 8 - PerformanceChapter 9 - ArchaeologyChapter 10 - The Work of ArtPart III: Artistic Globalisation Chapter 11 - The Art WorldChapter 12 - The Exotic PrimitiveChapter 13 - Marketing Exotic ArtChapter 14 - Artistic ColonialismChapter 15 - The Global and the LocalAfterwordReferencesIndex
Synopsis
What do we mean by 'art'? As a category of objects, the concept belongs to a Western cultural tradition, originally European and now increasingly global, but how useful is it for understanding other traditions? To understand art as a universal human value, we need to look at how the concept was constructed in order to reconstruct it through an understanding of the wider world. Western art values have a pervasive influence upon non-Western cultures and upon Western attitudes to them. This innovative yet accessible new text explores the ways theories of art developed as Western knowledge of the world expanded through exploration and trade, conquest, colonisation and research into other cultures, present and past. It considers the issues arising from the historical relationships which brought diverse artistic traditions together under the influence of Western art values, looking at how art has been used by colonisers and colonised in the cses of collecting and commerce, cultural hegemony and tonomous identities.World Art questions conventional Western assumptions from an anthropological perspective which allows comparison between cultures. It treats art as a property of artefacts rather than a category of objects, reclaiming the idea of 'world art' from the 'art world'. This book is essential reading for all students on anthropology of art courses as well as students of museum studies and art history, based on a wide range of case studies and supported by learning featur, What do we mean by 'art'? As a category of objects, the concept belongs to a Western cultural tradition, originally European and now increasingly global, but how useful is it for understanding other traditions? To understand art as a universal human value, we need to look at how the concept was constructed in order to reconstruct it through an understanding of the wider world. Western art values have a pervasive influence upon non-Western cultures and upon Western attitudes to them. This innovative yet accessible new text explores the ways theories of art developed as Western knowledge of the world expanded through exploration and trade, conquest, colonisation and research into other cultures, present and past. It considers the issues arising from the historical relationships which brought diverse artistic traditions together under the influence of Western art values, looking at how art has been used by colonisers and colonised in the causes of collecting and commerce, cultural hegemony and autonomous identities. World Art questions conventional Western assumptions of art from an anthropological perspective which allows comparison between cultures. It treats art as a property of artefacts rather than a category of objects, reclaiming the idea of 'world art' from the 'art world'. This book is essential reading for all students on anthropology of art courses as well as students of museum studies and art history, based on a wide range of case studies and supported by learning features such as annotated further reading and chapter opening summaries., Based on an excellent range of case studies and supported throughout by useful learning features, World Art explores the concept of 'art' as understood by cultures across the globe. This invaluable textbook is essential reading for all anthropology of art students, as well as students of museum studies and art history.
LC Classification Number
N72.A56B87 2013
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