Anthropologies of Art (Clark Studies in the Visual Arts) [Paperback]

Mariet Westermann (Editor), Hans Belting (Contributor), Janet Berlo (Contributor), Suzanne Preston Blier (Contributor), Suzanne Preston Blier (Contributor), Steve Bourget (Contributor), Sarah Brett-Smith (Contributor), Shelly Errington (Contributor), David Freedberg (Contributor), Anna Grimshaw (Contributor), Jonathan Hay (Contributor), Dr. Howard Morphy (Contributor), Iken Stanley Okoye (Contributor), Fancesco Pellizzi (Contributor), Ruth Phillips (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 8, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0300103530 | ISBN-13: 978-0300103533

Based on the 2003 Clark Conference, this new volume in the highly successful series Clark Studies in the Visual Arts examines the intersections and divergences between art history and anthropology. How do these disciplines understand the term "art"? What sorts of questions do they ask of the work of art? Is it possible to find a cross-cultural definition of art, or are such definitions inevitably Western in their origins and concerns? What implications do the answers to these questions have for the collecting and display of Western and non-Western objects in art museums? Fourteen leading art historians and anthropologists discuss these and other questions.

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From the Publisher

Clark Studies in the Visual Arts; Distributed for the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

About the Author

Mariët Westermann is director of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Clark Art Institute (July 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300103530
• ISBN-13: 978-0300103533
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #858,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)