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Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas: Selected Readings

Janet Catherine Berlo

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This collection of 24 recent, in-depth articles by noted international, ethnographic art historians and anthropologists is divided into six topical sections--Aesthetic Systems, The Artist as Individual, Art and Social Structure, Passages, Shelter as Symbol, and Continuity and Change in Fourth World Arts-- each with its own introductory essay. The authors careful editing provides a well-balanced selection of artistic traditions from sub-Saharan Africa, the South Pacific, and the Native New World that covers a full spectrum of media from historical tradition to contemporary performance arts.

Language: English

Pages: 392

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pearson

Release: July 16, 1992

ISBN: 0137562306

ISBN 13: 9780137562305

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas: Selected Readings

Janet Catherine Berlo

3.6/5 ( ratings)

This collection of 24 recent, in-depth articles by noted international, ethnographic art historians and anthropologists is divided into six topical sections--Aesthetic Systems, The Artist as Individual, Art and Social Structure, Passages, Shelter as Symbol, and Continuity and Change in Fourth World Arts-- each with its own introductory essay. The authors careful editing provides a well-balanced selection of artistic traditions from sub-Saharan Africa, the South Pacific, and the Native New World that covers a full spectrum of media from historical tradition to contemporary performance arts.

Language: English

Pages: 392

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pearson

Release: July 16, 1992

ISBN: 0137562306

ISBN 13: 9780137562305

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