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Art and Agency

Alfred Gell

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  • 296 sidor
  • 1998
Alfred Gell puts forward a new anthropological theory of visual art, seen as a form of instrumental action: the making of things as a means of influencing the thoughts and actions of others. He shows how art objects embody complex intentionalities and mediate social agency, and he explores the psychology of patterns and perceptions, art and personhood, the control of knowledge, and the interpretation of meaning, drawing upon a diversity of artistic traditions--European, Indian, Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian. Art and Agency was completed just before Alfred Gell's death at the age of 51 in January 1997. It embodies the intellectual bravura, lively wit, vigour, and erudition for which he was admired, and will stand as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation.
  • Författare: Alfred Gell
  • Illustratör: numerous black and white halftones and line drawings
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780198280149
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 296
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1998-07-01
  • Förlag: OUP Oxford