Inside History

May 03 2021 Inside History: Seeking Figurative Thinking Claire Bosc-Tiessé Claire Bosc-Tiessé Claire Bosc-Tiessé, Senior Researcher in the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Scientific Advisor in the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Claire Bosc-Tiessé Claire Bosc-Tiessé, Senior Researcher in the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Scientific Advisor in the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California African Arts (2021) 54 (2): 6–7. https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00577 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Claire Bosc-Tiessé; Inside History: Seeking Figurative Thinking. African Arts 2021; 54 (2): 6–7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/afar_a_00577 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search Discussion of ethnic categorization of art need not be specific to Africa. Yet in our field, the discussion has become concerned with specific aspects of colonial situations and their later appropriations and reappropriations in Africa. The attribution of objects to an ethnic group as typical of that group has contributed to essentializing identities. Such thinking is associated with the idea that certain stylistic traits result from the emanation of the spirit of a distinct people, expressed or represented by a uniform type of production and often thought of, whether consciously or unconsciously, as existing out of time. Certainly, historians and anthropologists questioned the notion of ethnicity in the 1980s, but their calls to put it into perspective through a stratigraphy of the concept's construction has not yet had a significant impact on the... © 2021 by the Regents of the University of California2021Regents of the University of California You do not currently have access to this content

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