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Beschreibung
In Art and Agency, Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and reception. As a theory of the nexus of social relations involving works of art, this work suggests that in certain contexts, art-objects substitute for persons and thus mediate social agency.
Diversely illustrated--and based on European, Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian sources--Art and Agency was completed just before Gell's death at the age of fifty-one in January 1997. It embodies the intellectual bravura, lively wit, vigor, and erudition for which he was admired, and will stand as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation.
In Art and Agency, Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and reception. As a theory of the nexus of social relations involving works of art, this work suggests that in certain contexts, art-objects substitute for persons and thus mediate social agency.
Diversely illustrated--and based on European, Polynesian, Melanesian, and Australian sources--Art and Agency was completed just before Gell's death at the age of fifty-one in January 1997. It embodies the intellectual bravura, lively wit, vigor, and erudition for which he was admired, and will stand as an enduring testament to one of the most gifted anthropologists of his generation.
Über den Autor
Alfred Gell is a former Reader in Anthropology in the London School of Economics.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Foreword

  • 1: The Problem Defined: The Need for an Anthropology of Art

  • 2: The Theory of the Art Nexus

  • 3: The Art Nexus and the Index

  • 4: The Involution of the Index in the Art Nexus

  • 5: The Origination of the Index

  • 6: The Critique of the Index

  • 7: The Distributed Person

  • 8: Style and Culture

  • 9: Conclusion: The Extended Mind

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allgemeine Kunst
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198280149
ISBN-10: 0198280149
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gell, Alfred
Hersteller: Clarendon Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 236 x 156 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Alfred Gell
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.1998
Gewicht: 0,453 kg
Artikel-ID: 105574494

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