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The Anthropology of Art / Robert Layton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Elek Archaeology and AnthropologyPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1981]Copyright date: ©1981Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231903707
  • 9780231878401
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The art of other cultures -- 2 Art and social life -- 3 Art and visual communication -- 4 Style -- 5 Creativity of the artist -- References -- Index
Summary: Provides an authoritative introduction to the richness and diversity of art forms in non-Western societies. Addresses the problems of aesthetic appreciation across cultures, the varied uses of art, and the fundamental problem of what constitutes art.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231878401

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The art of other cultures -- 2 Art and social life -- 3 Art and visual communication -- 4 Style -- 5 Creativity of the artist -- References -- Index

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Provides an authoritative introduction to the richness and diversity of art forms in non-Western societies. Addresses the problems of aesthetic appreciation across cultures, the varied uses of art, and the fundamental problem of what constitutes art.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)