Anthropology Of Art

• Advances a cross-cultural concept of art that moves beyond traditional distinctions between Western and non-Western art.
  
• Provides the basis for the appreciation of art of different cultures and times.
  
• Enhances readers’ appreciation of the aesthetics of art and of the important role it plays in human society.

Introduction: The Anthropology of Art: A Reflection on Its History and Contemporary Practice: Howard Morphy and Morgan Perkins.

Part I: Framing the Discipline:.

Introduction.

1. Primitive Art: Franz Boas.

2. Split Representation in the Art of Asia and America: Claude Lévi-Strauss.

3. Tribes and Forms in African Art: William Fagg.

4. Style, Grace, and Information in Primitive Art: Gregory Bateson.

5. Tikopea Art and Society: Raymond Firth.

6. The Abelam Artist: Anthony Forge.

Part II: Primitivism and Art/Artifact:.

Introduction.

7. Introduction. In “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern: William Rubin.

8. “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Arthur C. Danto.

9. Histories of the Tribal and the Modern: James Clifford.

10. A Case in Point: Sally Price.

11. Oriental Antiquities/Far Eastern: Craig Clunas.

12. Introduction. In ART/Artifact: Susan Vogel.

13. Vogel's Net: Traps as Artworks and Artworks as Traps: Alfred Gell.

Part III: Aesthetics Across Cultures:.

Introduction.

14. Yoruba Artistic Criticism: Robert Farris Thompson.

15. Style in Technology: Some Early Thoughts: Heather Lechtman.

16. “Marvels of Everyday Vision”: The Anthropology of Aesthetics and the Cattle-Keeping Nilotes: Jeremy Coote.

17. From Dull to Brilliant: The Aesthetics of Spiritual Power Among the Yolngu: Howard Morphy.

Part IV: Form, Style and Meaning:.

Introduction.

18. Visual Categories: An Approach to the Study of Representational Systems: Nancy D. Munn.

19. Structural Patterning in Kwakiutl Art and Ritual: Abraham Rosman and Paula G. Rubel.

20. Sacred Art and Spiritual Power: An Analysis of Tlingit Shaman’s Masks: Aldona Jonaitis.

21. To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest: David M. Guss.

22. Modernity and the “Graphicalization” of Meaning: New Guinea Highland Shield Design in Historical Perspective: Michael O’Hanlon.

Part V: Marketing Culture:.

Introduction.

23. Introduction. In Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Cultural Expressions of the Fourth World: Nelson H. H. Graburn.

24. The Collecting and Display of Souvenir Arts: Authenticity and the “Strictly Commercial”: Ruth B. Phillips.

25. The Art of the Trade: The Creation of Value and Authenticity in the African Art Market: Christopher B. Steiner.

Part VI: Contemporary Artists:.

Introduction.

26. A Second Reflection: Presence and Opposition in Contemporary Maori Art: Nicholas Thomas.

27. Representing Culture: The Production of Discourse(s) for Aboriginal Acrylic Paintings: Fred Myers.

28. Aesthetics and Iconography: An Artists Approach: Gordon Bennett.

29. Kinds of Knowing: Charlotte Townsend-Gault.

30. CEW ETE HAW I TIH: The Bird That Carries Language Back to Another: Jolene Rickard.

Index