Art History and Cultural Difference
Alfred Gell's Anthropology of Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7097362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Rampley (0000-0003-0050-7752, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 524-551 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Art History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-6790 • E-ISSN: 1467-8365 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8365.2005.00475.x |
| OpenAlex | W2123704646 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 12 |
The problems presented by recognition of cultural difference and alterity have long been recognized as presenting substantial challenges to traditional assumptions about the scope and limits of art history. This article examines some of the arguments that have emerged in relation to this issue, focusing in particular on ways in which anthropology and, specifically, the work of Alfred Gell, might contribute to debates. It argues that Gell's theory of the art nexus offers new possibilities for the cross‐cultural study of art, which can be applied not only to the art of small‐scale oral societies but also to Western art history. In so doing, it suggests that the art‐historical engagement with anthropology should imply more than the promotion of difference as a value; rather, it suggests alternative methods of analysis that examine the role of art within social transactions
Aesthetics · Alterity · Anthropology of art · Art · Art history · Contemporary art · Cultural anthropology · Epistemology · Nexus (standard · Performance art · Relation (database · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Diverse Musicological Studies · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Images at Work
Dividualisation and relational authorship
The Disciplinary Challenges of an ‘All‐inclusive’ Study of Art
Mimesis and Iconoclasm
The Theory of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Theory
The Masriadi effect
El parlamento de las imágenes. Agencia e intencionalidad en la Bildwissenschaft y los Visual Studies1
Odysseus and His Bed. From Significant Objects to Thing Theory in Homer
Totemism, tourism, and trucks. The changing meanings of paint and colors in a Sepik River society
Visual Studies and the Iconic Turn
L'objet livre à l'aube de l'époque moderne
No drums or spears
Action and affect
L'art d'Alfred Gell
On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
Calliope's Sisters
A Critique of Alfred Gell on Art and Agency
The Art of Anthropology
A pragmatic impulse in the anthropology of art ? Gell and semiotics
Madame Germaine Dieterlen, messagère d'une culture africaine pour l'autre bout du monde
Calligraphers and Painters
Defining Art, Defending the Canon, Contesting Culture
The Death of the Author
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,7 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |