BECOMING ART by Howard Morphy ( 9781845206574 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

BECOMING ART
EXPLORING CROSS-CULTURAL CATEGORIES

By:

Howard Morphy

Format:

Paperback

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£37.99

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£34.19

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ISBN 10:

1845206576

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9781845206574

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

1 December, 2007

Pages:

256

Description:

The Australian Aboriginal art is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. This title provides an analysis of the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art.

Synopsis:

Thirty years ago Australian Aboriginal art was little more than a footnote to world art. Today, it is considered to be an important contemporary art movement, often promoted as being connected to a deep cultural past. Becoming Art provides a new analysis of the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art. Transcending the boundaries between anthropology and art history, the book draws on arguments from both disciplines to provide a unique interdisciplinary perspective that places the artists themselves at the centre of the argument. Western art history has traditionally regarded Aboriginal art as distanced in time and place. Becoming Art uses the recent history of Aboriginal art to challenge some of the presuppositions of western art discourse and western art worlds. It argues for a more cross-cultural perspective on world art history.

Illustrations:

50 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index

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Imprint:

Berg Publishers

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Returnable

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