Art, Observation, and an Anthropology of Illustration

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Art, Observation, and an Anthropology of Illustration examines the role of sketches, drawings and other artworks in our understanding of human cultures of the past.Bringing together art historians and anthropologists, it presents a selection of detailed case studies of various bodies of work produced by non-Western and Western artists from different world regions and from different time periods (from Native North America, Cameroon, and Nepal, to Italy, Solomon Islands, and Mexico) to explore the contemporary relevance and challenges implicit in artistic renditions of past peoples and places.In an age when identities are partially constructed on the basis of existing visual records, the book asks important questions about the nature of observation and the inclusion of culturally-relevant information in artistic representations. How reliable are watercolours, paintings, or sketches for the understanding of past ways of life? How do old images of bygone peoples relate to art historical and anthropological canons? How have these images and technologies of representation been used to describe, illustrate, or explain unknown realities?The book is an essential tool for art historians, anthropologists, and anyone who wants to understand how the observation of different realities has impacted upon the production of art and visual cultures. Incorporating current methodological and theoretical tools, the 10 chapters collected here expand the area of connection between the disciplines of art history and anthropology, bringing into sharp focus the multiple intersections of objectivity, evidence, and artistic licence.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-01-25
Mått154 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350248472

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List of Illustrations List of Contributors IntroductionPart I: Drawing as Method1: The question of expression when using art as a research method in anthropology: notes for the anthropologist-artistPaola Tiné2: Pictorial Ethnographies of the Solomon IslandsBen Burt3: “You have to be a draughtsman to be an ethnographer!”. The Legacy of Giuseppe “Bèpo” Šebesta in Ethnographic MuseographyGiovanni Kezich and Antonella MottPart II: The Production of Indigenous Visual Knowledge4: Pictorialization as resource in the Cameroon Grassfield: Ibrahim Njoya’s illustrations for the History and Customs of the Bamum (1927-1930)Simon Dell5: Owning the Image: Indigenous children claim visual sovereignty far from homeJacqueline Fear-Segal6: Graphically speaking: the stories told by Northwest Coast printsIndia YoungPart III: Political Economies of Art7: Ethnographic study of 19th century Kathmandu through artworksSanyukta Shrestha8: Like a porcupine: holy wounds in Spanish AmericaPeter Mason9: Art and the limits of representation: Portraits and portrayals of Mid-western Indigenous peoples in the early United States republicStephanie Pratt10: Interpreting art and ethnography in George Catlin’s Selection of Indian PipesAnnika JohnsonIndex