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296 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198280149
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication date: 03 December 1998
Description
Alfred Gell puts forward a new anthropological theory of visual art, seen as a form of instrumental action: the making of things as a means of influencing the thoughts and actions of others. He argues that existing anthropological and aesthetic th...
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296 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198280149
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Publication date: 03 December 1998
Description
Alfred Gell puts forward a new anthropological theory of visual art, seen as a form of instrumental action: the making of things as a means of influencing the thoughts and actions of others. He argues that existing anthropological and aesthetic th...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings