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The anthropology of art / Robert Layton.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0521368944 (pbk)
ISBN	0521363675
Author	Layton, Robert, 1944-
Title	The anthropology of art / Robert Layton.
Edition	2nd edition
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.
Description	xiii, 258 pages, 14 pages of plates : ill ; 24 cm.
Note	Includes index; First published by Granada, 1981.
Bibliography	Bibliography: p. 240-249.
Bibliography	Includes index.
Contents	Machine derived contents note: List of figures -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The art of other cultures -- 2. Art and social life -- 3. Art and visual communication -- 4. Style -- 5. Creativity of the artist -- References -- Index.
Summary	Place of aesthetics, imagery and aptness; relations between art and social life; relationships between cultural values, imagery, style and communication; place of creativity and the individual artist; Australian examples from Kimberleys and Arnhem Land.
Subjects	Art and society
Subjects	Art and anthropology
Call number	2018.481

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