World art: an introduction to the art in artefacts
(eBook)
Description
What do we mean by 'art'? As a category of objects, the concept belongs to a Western cultural tradition, originally European and now increasingly global, but how useful is it for understanding other traditions? To understand art as a universal human value, we need to look at how the concept was constructed in order to reconstruct it through an understanding of the wider world. Western art values have a pervasive influence upon non-Western cultures and upon Western attitudes to them. This innovative yet accessible new text explores the ways theories of art developed as Western knowledge of the.
Copies
Subjects
Citations
Burt, B. (2013). World art: an introduction to the art in artefacts. London ; New York, Berg.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Burt, Ben. 2013. World Art: An Introduction to the Art in Artefacts. London ; New York, Berg.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Burt, Ben, World Art: An Introduction to the Art in Artefacts. London ; New York, Berg, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Burt, Ben. World Art: An Introduction to the Art in Artefacts. London ; New York, Berg, 2013.
More Copies In Prospector
More Details
Notes
Staff View
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Dec 10, 2024 10:00:13 PM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Dec 10, 2024 09:53:02 PM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 05518cam a2200709 a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | ocn853455865 | ||
003 | OCoLC | ||
005 | 20241129105952.0 | ||
006 | m o d | ||
007 | cr cnu---unuuu | ||
008 | 130722s2013 enka ob 001 0 eng d | ||
040 | |a N$T |b eng |e pn |c N$T |d CUS |d OCLCF |d OCLCQ |d YDXCP |d EBLCP |d E7B |d OCLCQ |d UKAHL |d OCLCQ |d K6U |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d PSYSI |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCL | ||
019 | |a 855504286 |a 857081273 | ||
020 | |a 9780857858122 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 0857858122 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |z 9781847889430 | ||
020 | |z 1847889433 | ||
020 | |z 9781847889447 | ||
020 | |z 1847889441 | ||
020 | |z 9781847889454 | ||
020 | |z 184788945X | ||
020 | |z 0857858122 | ||
029 | 1 | |a NLGGC |b 36351676X | |
029 | 1 | |a NZ1 |b 15180989 | |
029 | 1 | |a AU@ |b 000055903446 | |
035 | |a (OCoLC)853455865 |z (OCoLC)855504286 |z (OCoLC)857081273 | ||
050 | 4 | |a N72.A56 |b B87 2013eb | |
072 | 7 | |a ART |x 009000 |2 bisacsh | |
082 | 0 | 4 | |a 701/.18 |2 23 |
049 | |a MAIN | ||
100 | 1 | |a Burt, Ben, |e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a World art : |b an introduction to the art in artefacts / |c Ben Burt. |
260 | |a London ; |a New York : |b Berg, |c 2013. | ||
300 | |a 1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
505 | 0 | |a WORLD ART; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: WESTERN PERSPECTIVES; 1 The Origins of Art; New Worlds and Histories; Industrial and Intellectual Revolutions; British Museums; Politics and Commerce, Art and Craft; Further Reading; 2 Classical Art; The Obsession with Ancient Greece; Biblical Antiquity; Classical Art History; Classicism and Eurocentrism; Further Reading; 3 Oriental Art; Orientalism; Islamic Art: An Orientalist Stereotype?; Indian Art: Decorative and Denigrated; Chinese Art: Unrecognized Connoisseurship; Further Reading; 4 Primitive Art. | |
505 | 8 | |a Savages and AnthropologistsEvolution, Diffusion, and Speculation; Identifying Cultures, Areas, and Styles; The Survival of Evolution and Diffusion; Further Reading; 5 Prehistoric Art; Discovering Antiquity; The Dawn of Art; Prehistoric Myths; The Politics of Prehistory; Further Reading; PART II: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES; 6 Form; Connoisseurs of Form; Form in Northwest Coast Art; Structure in Northwest Coast Art; Structure in Northwest Coast Culture; Further Reading; 7 Meaning; Reading Symbols; Explicit Meanings; Limits to Iconographic Analysis; Hidden Meanings; Further Reading. | |
505 | 8 | |a 8 PerformanceShowing Off; Parades; The Art of Impersonation; Performance by Proxy; Further Reading; 9 Archaeology; Archaeological Methodology in Peru; Moche Iconography; Moche Culture; Nasca Iconography; Further Reading; 10 The Work of Art; Art in Anthropology; Art in Cosmology; Art at Work; Art in Cosmic Agency; Further Reading; PART III: ARTISTIC GLOBALIZATION; 11 The Art World; Art History as Ideology; Reappraising Art History; Art as Collectibles; The Art Brokers; Further Reading; 12 The Exotic Primitive; Primitivism and Primitive Art; Adopting Primitive Art; The Primitive Art Market. | |
505 | 8 | |a Exhibiting Exotic ArtefactsFurther Reading; 13 Marketing Exotic Art; Exporting Local Artefacts; Reconsidering Authenticity; Market Contributions to Local Culture; The Homogenization of Exotic Art; Further Reading; 14 Artistic Colonialism; Images of Appropriation; Finding a Place in the Art World; Art Goes Global; Global but Exclusive; Further Reading; 15 The Global and the Local; The Commodification of Art; Universal and National Museums; Alternative Museums; New Art Communities; Further Reading; Afterword; References; Index. | |
520 | |a What do we mean by 'art'? As a category of objects, the concept belongs to a Western cultural tradition, originally European and now increasingly global, but how useful is it for understanding other traditions? To understand art as a universal human value, we need to look at how the concept was constructed in order to reconstruct it through an understanding of the wider world. Western art values have a pervasive influence upon non-Western cultures and upon Western attitudes to them. This innovative yet accessible new text explores the ways theories of art developed as Western knowledge of the. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Art and anthropology. | |
650 | 0 | |a Art and society. | |
650 | 6 | |a Art et anthropologie. | |
650 | 6 | |a Art et société. | |
650 | 7 | |a ART |x Criticism & Theory. |2 bisacsh | |
650 | 7 | |a Art and anthropology |2 fast | |
650 | 7 | |a Art and society |2 fast | |
758 | |i has work: |a World art (Text) |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGJccPQPrPhQXR4tPVKMvb |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork | ||
776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Burt, Ben. |t World art. |d London ; New York : Berg, 2013 |z 9781847889430 |w (DLC) 2012033114 |w (OCoLC)808245005 |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u http://ezproxy.ccu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=611639 |
938 | |a Askews and Holts Library Services |b ASKH |n AH25587100 | ||
938 | |a Askews and Holts Library Services |b ASKH |n AH25563799 | ||
938 | |a ProQuest Ebook Central |b EBLB |n EBL1334369 | ||
938 | |a ebrary |b EBRY |n ebr10735317 | ||
938 | |a EBSCOhost |b EBSC |n 611639 | ||
938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 10882252 | ||
949 | 0 | 1 | |h 9 |l cceb |s j |t 188 |w EBSCO Academic : External |
994 | |a 92 |b FCX |