UID:
almahu_9949386484602882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations (black and white)
Edition:
1st.
ISBN:
9781000182347
,
1000182347
,
9781000185522
,
1000185524
,
9781003084334
,
1003084338
,
9781000188974
,
1000188973
Content:
This book draws on the work of anthropologist Alfred Gell to reinstate the importance of the object in art and society. Rather than presenting art as a passive recipient of the artist's intention and the audience's critique, the authors consider it in the social environment of its production and reception. A Return to the Object introduces the historical and theoretical framework out of which an anthropology of art has emerged, and examines the conditions under which it has renewed interest. It also explores what art 'does' as a social and cultural phenomenon, and how it can impact alternative ways of organising and managing knowledge. Making use of ethnography, museological practice, the intellectual history of the arts and sciences, material culture studies and intangible heritage, the authors present a case for the re-orientation of current conversations surrounding the anthropology of art and social theory. This text will be of key interest to students and scholars in the social and historical sciences, arts and humanities, and cognitive sciences.
Note:
Lessons from the Art nexus -- The index and indexicality -- The prototype and the model -- Immanent relationality and its consequences -- Virtuosity and style -- Aesthetics and the ethics of relation -- Generativity and transformation -- Agency (social) -- Material agency -- Colour, palette and gestalt -- Patterns and their transposition -- Motile animacy.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781350093485
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003084334
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003084334
