Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory

by Alfred Gell

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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 argues that existing anthropological and aesthetic theories take an overwhelmingly passive point of view, and questions the criteria that accord art status only to a certain class of objects and not to others. The anthropology of art is here reformulated as...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198280149

ISBN13:9780198280149

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:Clarendon Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Art Arts, Music & Photography Cultural Education & Reference History & Criticism Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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