What's the Use of Art?: Asian Visual and Material Culture in Context 9780824865580
Post-Enlightenment notions of culture, which have been naturalized in the West for centuries, require that art be autono
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English Pages 328 Year 2007
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Wrapping and Unwrapping Art
Functions
One. From the Living Rock Understanding Figural Representation in Early South Asia
Two. Disposable but Indispensable the Earthenware Vessel as Vehicle of Meaning In Japan
Three. From the Wedding Chamber to the Museum Relocating the Ritual Arts of Madhubani
Four. In the Realm of the Indigo Queen Dyeing, Exchange Magic, and the Elusive Tourist Dollar on Sumba
Movements
Five. Plunder, Markets, and Museums the Biographies of Chinese Imperial Objects in Europe and North America
Six. Situating Moving Objects: A Sino-Japanese Catalogue of Imported Items, 800 Ce to the Present
Memories
Seven. Angkor Revisited the State of Statuary
Eight. An Ancestral Keris, Balinese Kingship, and A Modern Presidency
Nine. Raw Ingredients and Deposit Boxes in Balinese Sanctuaries: A Congruence of Obsessions
Conclusion. Ways Of Experiencing: Art Art History, Television, And Javanese Wayang
Contributors
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Wrapping and Unwrapping Art
Functions
One. From the Living Rock Understanding Figural Representation in Early South Asia
Two. Disposable but Indispensable the Earthenware Vessel as Vehicle of Meaning In Japan
Three. From the Wedding Chamber to the Museum Relocating the Ritual Arts of Madhubani
Four. In the Realm of the Indigo Queen Dyeing, Exchange Magic, and the Elusive Tourist Dollar on Sumba
Movements
Five. Plunder, Markets, and Museums the Biographies of Chinese Imperial Objects in Europe and North America
Six. Situating Moving Objects: A Sino-Japanese Catalogue of Imported Items, 800 Ce to the Present
Memories
Seven. Angkor Revisited the State of Statuary
Eight. An Ancestral Keris, Balinese Kingship, and A Modern Presidency
Nine. Raw Ingredients and Deposit Boxes in Balinese Sanctuaries: A Congruence of Obsessions
Conclusion. Ways Of Experiencing: Art Art History, Television, And Javanese Wayang
Contributors
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- Jan Mrazek (editor)
- Morgan Pitelka (editor)
