| Description |
xxii, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (part color), 1 map ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Art history and anthropology : some comparisons of methodology / Robert Goldwater -- Adornment and nudity in tropical Africa / Denise Paulme -- Tikopia art and society / Raymond Firth -- Kilenge big man art / Philip Dark -- Art and history in Ghana / Roy Sieber -- Tapa techniques and tapa patterns in Polynesia : a regional differentiation / Simon Kooijman -- The role of the individual Indian artist / Frederick J. Dockstader -- Mask makers and myth in western Liberia / Warren L. d'Azevedo -- In search of meaning in African art / William Fagg -- Style and meaning in Sepik art / Anthony Forge -- The spatial presentation of cosmic order in Walbiri iconography / Nancy D. Munn -- Levels of communication and problems of taboo in the appreciation of primitive art / Edmund Leach -- Style, grace, and information in primitive art / Gregory Bateson -- Talking about art and primitive society / W.T. Jones |
| Summary |
Based on a conference held at Burg Wartenstein from 27 June to 5 July 1967 |
| Analysis |
Art and society Congresses |
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Art, Primitive Congresses |
| Notes |
Papers delivered at a symposium sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, held in Burg Wartenstein from 27 June to 5 July 1967 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Subject |
Art and society -- Congresses.
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Art and society.
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Art, Primitive -- Congresses.
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Art, Primitive.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Forge, Anthony.
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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
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| LC no. |
74165271 |
| ISBN |
0192129538 |
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