A Wealth of Thought: Franz Boas on Native American Art por Boas, Franz; Jonaitis, Aldona (ed) - 1995

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University of Washington Press. Softcover. Like New. 6x0x9. Gift Inscription by Previous Owner; else In Near Fine condition. Although Franz Boas--one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century--is best known for his voluminous writings on cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropology, he is also recognized for breaking new ground in the study of so-called primitive art. His writings on art have major historical value because they embody a profound change in art history.Nineteenth-century scholars assumed that all art lay on a continuum from primitive to advanced: artworks of all nonliterate peoples were therefore examples of early stages of development. But Boas’s case studies from his own fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest demonstrated different tenets: the variety of history, the influence of diffusion, the symbolic and stylistic variation in art styles found among groups and sometimes within one group, and the role of imagination and creativity on the… Ler mais

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Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.365

Paperback / softback. New. Essays on the development of Boas' theories on primitive art and his legacy i Northwest Coast art studies offer a theoretical framework for this collectio of 14 articles written between 1889 and 1916 by the art historian and anthropologist. The articles, in which he disputes Eurocentric art theorie

Univ of Washington Pr, 1995. Paperback. New. 365 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches.

Univ of Washington Pr, 1995. Paperback. New. 365 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.25 inches.

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