Screen LibraryWorld art : an introduction to the art in artefacts /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 253 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-248) and index. |
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9781847889430 (alk. paper) : 1847889433 (alk. paper) 9781847889447 (alk. paper) 1847889441 (alk. paper) 9781847889454 (alk. paper) 184788945X (alk. paper) 9780857858122 (alk. paper) 0857858122 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | N72 |
| CLC: | J0-05 |
| Call Number: | J0-05/B973 |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: pt. I WESTERN PERSPECTIVES -- 1.The Origins of Art -- New Worlds and Histories -- Industrial and Intellectual Revolutions -- British Museums -- Politics and Commerce, Art and Craft -- Further Reading -- 2.Classical Art -- The Obsession with Ancient Greece -- Biblical Antiquity -- Classical Art History -- Classicism and Eurocentrism -- Further Reading -- 3.Oriental Art -- Orientalism -- Islamic Art: An Orientalist Stereotype? -- Indian Art: Decorative and Denigrated -- Chinese Art: Unrecognized Connoisseurship -- Further Reading -- 4.Primitive Art -- Savages and Anthropologists -- Evolution, Diffusion, and Speculation -- Identifying Cultures, Areas, and Styles -- The Survival of Evolution and Diffusion -- Further Reading -- 5.Prehistoric Art -- Discovering Antiquity -- The Dawn of Art -- Prehistoric Myths -- The Politics of Prehistory -- Further Reading -- pt. II CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES -- 6.Form -- Connoisseurs of Form -- Form in Northwest Coast Art -- Structure in Northwest Coast Art -- Structure in Northwest Coast Culture -- Further Reading -- 7.Meaning -- Reading Symbols -- Explicit Meanings -- Limits to Iconographic Analysis -- Hidden Meanings -- Further Reading -- 8.Performance -- Showing Off -- Parades -- The Art of Impersonation -- Performance by Proxy -- Further Reading -- 9.Archaeology -- Archaeological Methodology in Peru -- Moche Iconography -- Moche Culture -- Nasca Iconography -- Further Reading -- 10.The Work of Art -- Art in Anthropology -- Art in Cosmology -- Art at Work -- Art in Cosmic Agency -- Further Reading -- pt. III ARTISTIC GLOBALIZATION -- 11.The Art World -- Art History as Ideology -- Reappraising Art History -- Art as Collectibles -- The Art Brokers -- Further Reading -- 12.The Exotic Primitive -- Primitivism and Primitive Art -- Adopting Primitive Art -- The Primitive Art Market -- Exhibiting Exotic Artefacts -- Further Reading -- 13.Marketing Exotic Art -- Exporting Local Artefacts -- Reconsidering Authenticity -- Market Contributions to Local Culture -- The Homogenization of Exotic Art -- Further Reading -- 14.Artistic Colonialism -- Images of Appropriation -- Finding a Place in the Art World -- Art Goes Global -- Global but Exclusive -- Further Reading -- 15.The Global and the Local -- The Commodification of Art -- Universal and National Museums -- Alternative Museums -- New Art Communities -- Further Reading. |