Cross-Cultural Issues in Art: Frames for Understanding [Paperback]

Cross-Cultural Issues in Artprovides an engaging introduction to aesthetic concepts, expanding the discussion beyond the usual Western theorists and Western examples.

Steven Leuthold discusses both contemporary and historical issues and examples, incorporating a range of detailed case studies from African, Asian, European, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Native American art. Individual chapters address broad intercultural issues in art, including Art and Culture, Primitivism and Otherness, Colonialism, Nationalism, Art and Religion, Symbolism and Interpretation, Style and Ethnicity, A Sense of Place, Art and Social Order, Gender, and the Self, considering these themes as constructs that frame our understanding of art.

Cross-Cultural Issues in Artdraws upon ideas and case studies from cultural and critical studies, art history, ethno-aesthetics and area studies, visual anthropology, and philosophy, and will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these fields.

Selected Contents:List of Figures  Preface and Acknowledgements  Permissions  Introduction  1. Art, Culture and Hybridity  2. Primitivism and Otherness  3. Colonialism  4. Nationalism  5. Art and Religion  6. Symbolism, Meaning and Interpretation  7. Style and Ethnicity  8. A Sense of Place  9. Art and Social Order  10. Gender  11. Self  Glossary  Biographical Notes  Bibliography

'Steven Leuthold has created a perspective on art that is intricate in its focus yet global in its embrace. It is wildly refreshing. With a painterly style of prose, colorful and textured, and a deep understanding of the theories and studies that precede him, Leuthold has dared, where others have not, to focus on art for the sake of worll3¦