Anthropology and beauty : from aesthetics to creativity / edited by Stephanie Bunn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bunn, Stephanie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics--Social aspects.

Aesthetics.

Art and anthropology.

Ethnology.

Visual anthropology.

Physical Description:

xvii, 483 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

Organised around the theme of beauty, this innovative collection offers insight into the development of anthropological thinking on art, aesthetics and creativity in recent years. The volume incorporates current work on perception and generative processes, and seeks to move beyond a purely aesthetic and relativist stance. The essays invite readers to consider how people sense and seek out beauty, whether through acts of human creativity and production; through sensory experience of sound, light, touch, or experiencing architecture; visiting heritage sites or ancient buildings; experiencing the environment through 'places of outstanding natural beauty'; or through cooperative action, machine-engineering or designing for the future. The chapters are accompanied by section introductions that provide key historical and theoretical context.

Contents:

1 Anthropology and beauty: introduction / Stephanie Bunn Bunn, Stephanie 1

Part I Beauty and pattern 21

2 The problem with beauty: an anthropological perspective / Susanne Küchler Küchler, Susanne 23

3 The material labour of artful mathematics / Elizabeth De Freitas Freitas, Elizabeth De 36

Part II Beauty as grace 51

4 With beauty all around me, I walk / Jill D'Alessandro D'Alessandro, Jill 53

5 The unexpected gift of beauty / Marc Higgin Higgin, Marc 67

6 Beauty and captivation: Fuyuge gab and Gell's anthropological theory of art / Eric Hirsch Hirsch, Eric 82

7 The continual changes: transforming art styles in Enlightenment Scotland and beyond / Peter Gow Gow, Peter 98

Part III Perceiving beauty 113

8 Grace in moving and joy in sharing: the intrinsic Beauty of communicative musicality from birth / Colwyn Trevarthen Trevarthen, Colwyn, Stephen Malloch Malloch, Stephen 115

9 The Favourite Sounds Project / Peter Cusack Cusack, Peter 131

10 Colour palettes and beauty / Diana J. B. Young Young, Diana J. B. 148

11 Aso iyi, aso eye: resplendence and the Yoruba prestige textile aso-oke / Eni Bankole-Race Bankole-Race, Eni 166

Part IV Beauty and skill 187

12 Beauty as a capacity: a study of hands-in-craft / Anna Gustafsson Gustafsson, Anna 189

13 Cinematographers' skilled vision and aesthetic praxis / Cathy Greenhalgh Greenhalgh, Cathy 204

14 Beauty as skill and 'common sensing' / Cristina Grasseni Grasseni, Cristina 217

Part V Beauty, the body and performance 231

15 Fleshly beauty: an anthropological perspective / Alexander Edmonds Edmonds, Alexander 233

16 Beauty in motion: collective creativity in contemporary dance / Caroline M. Potter Potter, Caroline M. 248

17 Surprised by beauty: Imagining Autism / Melissa Trimingham Trimingham, Melissa 262

Part VI Beauty in space and time 277

18 Threshold and temporality in architecture: practices of movement in Japanese architecture / Ray Lucas Lucas, Ray 279

19 Carbuncles, surfaces and beautiful built environments / Rachel J. Harkness Harkness, Rachel J. 292

20 Paradigms of transmission: aesthetic affinities and intertextualities in the art of Will Maclean / Lindsay Blair Blair, Lindsay 306

21 Beauty and belonging / Cara Krmpotich Krmpotich, Cara 324

Part VII Beauty, work and design 339

22 Beauty and economy / Stephen Gudeman Gudeman, Stephen 341

23 Mysterious equations: formulating good design for Textiles U.S.A. / T'Ai Smith Smith, T'Ai 353

24 Engineering as a process of beauty / Ian J. Ewart Ewart, Ian J. 371

25 Collaborative forms / Wendy Gunn Gunn, Wendy 385

Part VIII Beauty as synthesis 401

26 Appropriation, imitation and creation: glass beadwork among Panará people / Elizabeth Ewart Ewart, Elizabeth 403

27 The beauty of sand-drawing in Vanuatu: kinship and continuity on Paama Island / Craig Lind Lind, Craig 418

28 The beautiful and the blessed: brightness, balance and bones in Kyrgyz shyrdak felt / Stephanie Bunn Bunn, Stephanie 434

29 From the North with my cello, or, five propositions on beauty / Tim Ingold Ingold, Tim 449.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1138928798

9781138928794

OCLC:

949987511