Calliope's Sisters : A Comparative Study of Philosophies of Art

by Anderson, Richard L.

• ISBN13: 9780131554252
• ISBN10: 0131554255
• Edition: Facsimile
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This book looks at the visual and performing arts of the world's societies, examining such issues as the origin of art, the ultimate nature of art, and the theoretical basis of art's role in human affairs. Anderson focuses on ten diverse societies, noting the similarities and differences found in these and other traditional aesthetic systems.

Table of Contents

1. San Aesthetics: The Enhancement of Life in a Foraging Society.
2. Eskimo Aesthetics: Art as Transformer of Realities.
3. Aboriginal Australian Aesthetics: Sacramental Union witht eh Eternal Dreamtime.
4. Aesthetics of the Sepik: Powerful Spirits and Phallic Aggression in New Guinea.
5. Navajo Aesthetics: A Unity of Art and Life.
6. Yoruba Aesthetics: Goodness and Beauty in West Africa.
7. Aztec Aesthetics: Flower and Song.
8. Aesthetics in Early India: “Rasa” and the Theory of Transcendental Enjoyment.
9. Japanese Aesthetics: An Exultation of Beauty and Bliss.
10. Western Aesthetics: A Quartet of Traditions.
11. Introduction to Part Two.
12. Comparative Aesthetics: The Many Faces of the Muse.
13. Art as Culturally Significant Meaning.
14. Style, Feeling, and Skill.
15. Epilogue: Western Aesthetics in Cross-cultural perspective.
Appendix One. Precis of the Aesthetics Systems of Ten Societies.
Appendix Two. The Affective Response to Art in Ten Societies.