"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
Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, USA
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Wiley, [Hoboken, New Jersey]
"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....
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"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
Cover -- TOC36;Contents -- Series Editor8217;s Preface -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction58; Art and Agency and Art History -- CH36;1 Enchantment and Sacrifice in Early Egypt -- CH36;2 Agency Marked44; Agency Ascribed58; The Affective Object in Ancient Mesopotamia -- CH36;3 Portraits and Agency58; A Comparative View -- CH36;4 The Agency of44; and the Agency for44; the Wanli Emperor -- CH36;5 The Material Efficacy of the Elizabethan Jeweled Miniature58; a Gellian Experiment -- CH36;6 Representational Art in Ancient Peru and the Work of Alfred Gell -- CH36;7 Gell8217;s Idols and Roman Cult -- CH36;8 Sex44; Agency44; and History58; The Case of Athenian Painted Pottery -- CH36;9 Abducting the Agency of Art -- IDX36;Index -- Last Page
