Art, observation, and an anthropology of illustration / edited by Max Carocci and Stephanie Pratt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carocci, Max, editor.

Pratt, Stephanie, 1958- editor.

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and anthropology.

Physical Description:

xv, 229 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2022]

Summary:

"Art, Observation, and the 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 American artworks to Italian Renaissance depictions of India) 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 14 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Drawing as method

1. The question of expression when using art as a research method in anthropology: Notes for the anthropologist-artist Paola Tine

2. Pictorial ethnographies of Solomon Islands Ben Burt

3. `You have to be a draughtsman to be an ethnographer!': The legacy of Giuseppe `Bepo' Sebesta in ethnographic museography Giovanni Kezich and Antonella Mott

pt. TWO The production of Indigenous visual knowledge

4. Pictorialization as resource in the Cameroon Grassfields: Ibrahim Njoya's illustrations for the History and Customs of the Bamum (1927-1930) Simon Dell

5. Owning the image: Indigenous children claim visual sovereignty far from home Jacqueline Fear-Segal

6. Graphically speaking: The stories told by Northwest Coast prints India Rael Young

pt. THREE Political economies of art

7. Ethnographic study of nineteenth-century Kathmandu through artworks Sanyukta Shrestha

8. Like a porcupine: Holy wounds in Spanish America Peter Mason

9. Art and the limits of representation: Portraits and portrayals of Midwestern Indigenous peoples in the early United States republic Stephanie Pratt

10. Interpreting art and ethnography in George Catlin's Selection of Indian Pipes Annika K. Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Art, observation, and an anthropology of illustration

ISBN:

9781350248434

1350248436

9781350248472

1350248479

OCLC:

1281786499

Publisher Number:

99992475773