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9780873657679

Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 49/50, Spring/Autumn 2006 : 49/50 Spring/Autumn 2006

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    9780873657679

  • ISBN10:

    0873657675

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-12-31
  • Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

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Res: Anthropology and Aesthetic is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal brings together, in an anthropological perspective, contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, and others. Its field of inquiry is open to all cultures, regions, and historical periods. Res also publishes textual and iconographic documents important to the history and theory of the arts.

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The destruction of images in Teotihuacan: Anthropomorphic sculpture, elite cults, and the end of a civilization Leonardo Loacute;pez Lujaacute;n
The stars of the Palenque sarcophagus
On aesthetic condensation in the Mexican colonial graffiti of Actopan, 1629 Alessandra Russo Uneasy reflections: Images of Venice and Tenochtitlan in Benedetto Bordone's Isolario
What's in a Dogon mask Polly
The unfunctioning baby and other spectacular departures from the human in Yoruba visual culture
The torchlight visit: Guiding the eye through the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century antique sculpture galleries Claudia Mattos Countermagical Combinations
The democratic Campidoglio: Ritual, social unrest, and a case of wizardry Charles Burroughs Lectures, Documents and Discussions
Anachronism and simulation in Renaissance architectural theory
The improbable dimension Raviv Ganchrow Commentary
The 'Kulturbolschewiken' II: Fluxus, Khruschev, and the 'concretist society'
Learning from New Orleans: Ruins and involution Wes Wallace Post-scriptum
Trends in New Orleans Psychogeography Unforgiving Art, Unforgivable Nations
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