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Title The visual arts : plastic and graphic / edited by Justine M. Cordwell.

Publication Info. The Hague ; New York : Mouton, 1979.
©1979

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Description 1 online resource (832 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series World anthropology
World anthropology.
Note Papers prepared for the 9th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Chicago, 1973.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents General Editor'S Preface -- Introduction -- Proceedings Of The Pre-Congress Conference On Art And Anthropology -- Proceedings Of The Congress Session On The Visual And Performing Arts -- Part One: Theory And Methodology -- Anthropology, Philosophy, And Aesthetics -- The Feeling Of Architectonic Form: Residual And Emergent Qualities In Fang Cult And Culture -- Structural Studies Of Art Styles -- An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Folktales And Folk Arts -- The Production Of Aesthetic Values -- Notes On The Sociology Of Art
Part Two: Art In Its Cultural Setting Witchcraft Belief In The Explanation Of Traditional African Iconography -- Grave Sculptures Of The Dakakari -- Baule And Yoruba Art Criticism: A Comparison -- Tea House Paintings In Iran -- The Chalk Figures Of Southern New Ireland And The Gazelle Peninsula And Their Relationship To Other South Pacific Areas -- A Painted Bark Shelter In Central Arnhem Land -- Part Three: Art And Change In Form, Content, And Meaning: The Creative Innovator, Acculturation, And Ethnohistory
Artistic Expression And Creative Process In Caribbean Possession Cult Rituals Images Of The White Man In Nineteenth-Century Plains Indian Art -- From Folk Art To Fine Art: The Emergence Of The Name Artist Among The Southwest Indians -- Taiwanese Shadow Puppets And The Development Of Shadow Theater -- Latin American Folk Arts And Crafts And Their Sources -- Human Imponderables In The Study Of African Art -- The Influence Of African Art On African-American Art -- On Exhibiting African Art
Folk Decorative And Applied Arts As A Source For The Study Of Ethnogenesis: A Case Study Of Turkmenians Art And History In West Africa: Two Case Studies -- Part Four: The Role Of Art In Archeology: The Reconstruction Of Cultures -- Maya And Teotihuacán Traits In Classic Maya Vase Painting Of The Petén -- The Relationship Between Painting And Scripts -- Ethnological Studies On Ancient Chinese Ritual Implements Of Bronze And Jade -- Applied Art Of The Ojibwa Indians (1830-1880)
Part Five: Anthropology And Art In Contemporary Society: Popular Art And Folk Art Survivals Anthropology And The Study Of Art In Contemporary Western Society: The Pasadena Tournament Of Roses -- Criteria For The Classification Of Folk Ornaments -- Methods Of Research And Documentation Of Popular Art In Czechoslovakia -- Icons Painted On Glass In Yugoslavia -- The Role Of Historical Tradition In Polish Folk Painting And Sculpture -- Russian Folk Art Tradition In Modern Society: The Decor Of Present-Day Dwelling -- Biographical Notes -- Index Of Names
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Subject Art and anthropology -- Congresses.
Art and anthropology.
Popular culture -- Congresses.
Popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Cordwell, Justine M., 1920-2011.
International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (9th : 1973 : Chicago, Ill.)
Other Form: Print version: Visual arts : plastic and graphic. Hague : Mouton, 1979 xii, 818 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. World anthropology 9789027978202 (DLC) 80493505
ISBN 9783110810240 (electronic book)
3110810247 (electronic book)
9027978204
9789027978202