Robin Osborne

Broschiertes Buch

Art's Agency and Art History

Beschreibung

Art s Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics.
Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art
Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists
Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world
Features an introductory essay by leading experts, which helps clarify issues in the field
Includes numerous illustrations

Autor

Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge. He writes widely across the range of Greek history, Greek archaeology, and Classical art history. He is the author of Archaic and Classical Greek Art (1998) and of Greek History (2004). Jeremy Tanner is a lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, where he teaches Classical archaeology and comparative art. He is the editor of The Sociology of Art: a Reader (2003), and the author of The Invention of Art History in Ancient Greece: Religion, Society and Artistic Rationalisation (2006)

Produktdetails

• New Interventions in Art History
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781405135382
• ISBN-10: 1405135387
• Artikelnr.: 21516799

Rezensionen

"A very interesting volume, not only for the excellent quality of its chapters, but also because it shows promising perspectives in the cross-fertilization between anthropology and art history." ( Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute , March 2009)

"This book represents an extended, timely and extremely valuable exploration of the applicability of the work of Alfred Gell." ( The Classical Review , 2008)

"Not a single paper presented here failed to provoke or delight this reviewer. This edited volume offers an excellent introduction to Gell's ideas.... It will surely form an important place in the growing canon of Gell-inspired literature." ( Journal of Hellenic Studies , February 2009)