Structure and cognition in art / edited by Dorothy K. Washburn

Washburn, Dorothy Koster

ISBN 10: 0521234719 / ISBN 13: 9780521234719

Published by Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi,170 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; Towards a theory of structural style in art / Dorothy K. Washburn -- The structure of Tarascan pottery painting / Margaret Ann Hardin -- Recent Shapiro-Conibo ceramics and their implications for archaeological interpretation / Donald W. Lathrap -- Where two dimensions meet : the Kuba of Zaire / Marie Jeanne Adams -- Design structure and community organization in Quinua, Peru / Dean E. Arnold -- When the map is the territory : art in Maori culture / F. Allan Hanson -- From form to content in the structural study of aesthetic systems / James C. Faris -- Temporal shifts in the structure of traditional Southwestern textile design / Kate P. Kent -- Symmetry analysis of ceramic design : two tests of the method on Neolithic material from Greece and the Aegean / Dorothy K. Washburn. Subjects; Art, Primitive. Art. Archaeology. Art and society. Art Philosophy. Art, Prehistoric. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Structure and cognition in art / edited by Dorothy K. Washburn
• Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521234719
• ISBN 13: 9780521234719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.

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Synopsis

176p large format, orange hardback, very good

Book Description

The essays in this volume, which was originally published in 1983, present an innovative and unified approach to the archaeological analysis and interpretation of art and design. Together, they illustrate a variety of approaches to the discovery and systematic description of the underlying regularities in the organization of art forms.