| Description |
xvi, 365 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
List Of Illustrations -- PREFACE (First Edition) -- Preface To The Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Calliope's Sisters -- The Role of Art and Aesthetics -- The Cultural Anthropological Approach -- The Concerns of Aesthetics -- Organization of the Book -- Part One -- SAN AESTHETICS: The Enhancement of Life in a Foraging Society -- The !Kung San -- Body Decoration and Other Art Activities -- Do the San Have "Art"? -- San Aesthetics -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: The San Today -- Further Reading -- INUIT AESTHETICS: Art as Transformer of Realities -- Background: Origins and Art Production -- How Much Can We Know about Inuit Aesthetics? -- Inuit Aesthetics: The Enhancement of Present Life -- Inuit Aesthetics: Insuring Future Well-Being -- The Transcendent Dimension of Inuit Art -- Other Uses of Art in Inuit Culture -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Inuit Market Art -- Further Reading -- ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN AESTHETICS: Sacramental Union with the Eternal Dreamtime -- The Cultural Context of Aboriginal Art -- Aboriginal Art -- The Use of Art in Aboriginal Religion -- Aboriginal Aesthetics: Transubstantiation via Art -- Artistic Ramifications of Aboriginal Aesthetics -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- AESTHETICS OF THE SEPIK: Powerful Spirits and Phallic Aggression in New Guinea -- Peoples of the Sepik -- Art of the Sepik -- The Social Functions of Sepik Art -- The Implicit Aesthetics of Sepik Art -- The Religious Basis of Sepik Aesthetics -- Art as a Home for Sepik Spirits -- Phallic Aggression: Sex and Temperament in Sepik Art -- Phallic Aggression in Sepik Art -- Conclusion: Contradictions in Sepik Aesthetics -- Epilogue: Sepik Art Today -- Further Reading -- NAVAJO AESTHETICS: A Unity of Art and Life -- Navajo Culture and Art -- Hozho: The Core of Navajo Philosophy -- Hozho In Ceremony and Art -- The Aesthetics of Navajo Music -- Process Orientation versus Product Orientation -- Aesthetics and Art Style -- Other Aesthetics Factors -- Ramifications of Navajo Aesthetic Theory -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- YORUBA AESTHETICS: Goodness and Beauty in West Africa -- Yoruba Society -- Yoruba Art Production -- Yoruba Art Criticism -- The Moral and Ethical Bases of Yoruba Art Criticism -- Iwa: Good Character -- Beauty, Goodness, and Civilization -- Conclusion: The Metaphysical Basis of Yoruba Art -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- AZTEC AESTHETICS: Flower and Song -- The Aztecs in Mesoamerican History -- Our Knowledge of Aztec Thought -- Aztec Culture -- Aztec Art -- Aztec Aesthetics -- Conclusion -- Eplilog -- Further Reading -- AESTHETICS IN EARLY INDIA: Rasa and the Theory of Transcendental Enjoyment -- Background: Indian History, Art, and Aesthetic Writing -- Art as the "Fifth Veda" -- Art as Instruction -- The Transcendental Pleasure of Art -- Rasa Theory -- The Source of Art's Power -- Implications of Rasa Theory -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- JAPANESE AESTHETICS: An Exultation of Beauty and Bliss -- Background: Japanese History and Art -- Shintoism's Seminal Influences on Japan -- Esoteric Buddhism and Japanese Aesthetics -- The Aesthetics of Amida Buddhism -- Zen Aesthetics -- Japanese Confucianism -- Japanese Aesthetic Preferences -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- WESTERN AESTHETICS: A Quartet of Traditions -- Overview: A "Quartet" of Aesthetic Systems -- Mimetic Theories -- Instrumental Theories -- Emotionalist Theories -- Formalist Theories -- Conclusion -- Further Readings -- Part Two -- Introduction To Part Two -- COMPARATIVE AESTHETICS: The Many Faces of the Muse -- Small-scale Versus Complex Societies: Contemporary Comparisons -- Evolutionary Aesthetics? -- Aesthetic Milieu -- Intercultural Influences: Hybrid Art on the Global Stage -- Conclusion -- Art As Culturally Significant Meaning -- Meaning in Art -- Spiritual Meaning in Art -- Means as Meaning -- Sacramental Meanings in Art -- Art and Beauty -- Art and Social Values -- Art and Truth -- Art and Religion: Transformation and Communion -- Art and Religion: Compelling Action -- The Importance of Meaning in Art -- Symbol and Icon -- Difficult Meanings -- Conclusion -- Style, Feeling, And Skill -- Style: The Encodement of Meaning -- Accounting for Taste: The Bases of Stylistic Criticism -- Art Media -- The Affective Aspects of Art -- The "Aesthetic Response" -- Skill in Art -- Conclusion -- Western Aesthetics In Cross-Cultural Perspective -- References -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-357) and index |
| Subject |
Aesthetics -- Comparative studies.
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| LC no. |
2003023687 |
| ISBN |
013093609X paperback |
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