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The Anthropology of Art Author: Robert Leighton Publisher: Cultural Arts Publishing House Original title: The Anthropology of Art
The Anthropology of Art Author: Robert Leighton Publisher: Cultural Arts Publishing House Original title: The Anthropology of Art
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This book is the first academic monograph in the West named "Art Anthropology". The author Robert Leighton is a well-known anthropologist. He focuses on the art of small societies and explores the nature of art, the social function of art, the visual grammar of art, style, and the creativity of artists with a broad academic vision, rich field data, and profound theoretical analysis. This book covers a wide range of disciplines such as anthropology, aesthetics, art, sociology, linguistics, and psychology, and has important reference value for researchers in related majors.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Robert Leighton, born in 1944, is a famous British anthropologist, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Anthropology at Durham University, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He studied at the Department of Anthropology at University College London and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex, and received his doctorate in 1973. His doctoral thesis studied social changes in rural France. His research covers a wide range of fields, including art, archaeology, and anthropological theory. He has published The Anthropology of Art, Australian Rock Art: A New Synthesis, and An Introduction to Theory in Anthropology, and edited The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape: Shaping Your Landscape and Hunting and Gathering: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.
