Imagery and Creativity: Ethnoaesthetics and Art Worlds in the Americas
Additional Description
From pottery to story to carnivals, various forms of artistic expression from the Americas can be shown to reflect universal human imagery and creativity. In this collection, contributors from a variety of disciplines utilize an ethnoaesthetic perspective to place art forms within their cultural and social milieus, and address the problem of understanding culturally patterned, creative expressions caught up in organized art worlds.The book presents an array of contemporary and ancient arts of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean, ranging from the cultural heritage of the Central Andes and Mesoamerica to contemporary peoples who share a legacy of colonial domination--such as Native American artists of Canada and the American Southwest, the Saramaka Maroons of Suriname, Trinidadian Carnival designers, and the Canelos Quichua of Amazonian Ecuador.
Title: Imagery and Creativity: Ethnoaesthetics and Art Worlds in the Americas
ISBN Number: 0816512477
ISBN-13: 9780816512478
Location Published: University of Arizona Press: February 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
Categories: Art History/Theory
Seller ID: 221754
