Art and Agency and Art History (New Interventions in Art History): 21 - Hardcover

Robin Osborne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405135379 ISBN 13: 9781405135375

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Art's Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics. * Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art * Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists * Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world * Features an introductory essay by leading experts, which helps clarify issues in the field * Includes numerous illustrations

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Review:

"A very interesting volume, not only for the excellent quality of its chapters, but also because it shows promising perspectives in the cross-fertilization between anthropology and art history." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2009)

"This book represents an extended, timely and extremely valuable exploration of the applicability of the work of Alfred Gell." (The Classical Review, 2008)

"Not a single paper presented here failed to provoke or delight this reviewer. This edited volume offers an excellent introduction to Gell's ideas.... It will surely form an important place in the growing canon of Gell-inspired literature." (Journal of Hellenic Studies, February 2009)

From the Back Cover:

Art's Agency and Art History develops a scintillating dialogue between anthropology and art history. It throws the subject of the anthropology of art into striking 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 to Gell's anthropology of art, and its relationship with contemporary art history, the collection explores concepts and perspectives in a wide range of contexts, ranging from such cultures as Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, to those of Classical Greece and Rome, Imperial China, the Moche of Peru, and finally the modern Western world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405135379
• ISBN 13: 9781405135375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Robin Osborne, Jeremy Tanner