This collection of 24 recent, in-depth articles by noted international, ethnographic art historians and anthropologists is divided into six topical sections—Aesthetic Systems, The Artist as Individual, Art and Social Structure, Passages, Shelter as Symbol, and Continuity and Change in Fourth World Arts— each with its own introductory essay. The authors careful editing provides a well-balanced selection of artistic traditions from sub-Saharan Africa, the South Pacific, and the Native New World that covers a full spectrum of media from historical tradition to contemporary performance arts.
- ISBN10 0137562306
- ISBN13 9780137562305
- Publish Date 23 February 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 February 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 392
- Language English