This timely volume challenges the narrow Western-centrism of most
art historical models. Archaeologists have found that, for tens of
thousands of years, all human cultures have shared a desire for
visual representation or expression. Yet the study of art history
has traditionally focused on Western artworks of the past few
centuries. "World Art Studies" examines the phenomenon of art
through a broader cultural, global and temporal perspective,
bringing together a uniquely exhaustive range of perspectives on
art and borrowing approaches from the study of neuroscience,
evolutionary biology, anthropology and geography as
models--alongside more conventional art historical perspectives. In
musicology or linguistics, using such diverse viewpoints for
reflection and research is considered part of the normal process.
In that spirit, this volume goes beyond abstract models, using case
studies to demonstrate and examine specific methods of
investigation.
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