Synopsis
Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, and others. Its field of inquiry is open to all cultures, regions, and historical periods. Res also publishes iconographic and textual documents important to the history and theory of the arts.
Res appears twice yearly, in the spring and autumn. The journal is edited by Francesco Pellizzi. More information about Res is available at www.res-journal.org.
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About the Author
Francesco Pellizzi is Associate of Middle American Ethnology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University.
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African Works (Res 39, Spring 2001)
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 2001
ISBN 10: 0873658361
ISBN 13: 9780873658362
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. According to WorldCat, this volume has 241 p. and is illustrated. Contents: African works: anxious encounters in the visual arts / Z.S. Strother -- Autobiography and art history: the imperative of peripheral vision / Suzanne Preston Blier -- Fieldwork and the text preceding the (question) mark: prolegomena for a response to Mudimbe's "African Art as a Question Mark" / Ikem Stanley Okoye -- "Can you go out without your head?": fieldwork as transformative experience / Ruth B. Phillips -- Entangled traditions: photography and the history of media in southern Ghana / Tobias Wendl -- When is an object finished? The creation of the invisible among the Bamana of Mali / Sarah C. Brett-Smith -- Astonishment and stickiness in Kongo art: a theoretical advance / Wyatt Macgaffey -- "Immaginacy set free": Aristoleian ethics and Inigo Jones's Banqueting House at Whitehall / Vaughan Hart and Richard Tucker -- Body in pieces: desiring the Barcelona Pavilion / George Dodds -- Solidity of the mask: color contrasts in modern architecture / William W. Braham -- "Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain": being a sort of sermon on the hesitations of religious speech / Bruno Latour -- Great and small expectations / Remo Guidieri. Oversize [otob: 23]. Seller Inventory # 204871
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African Works (Res 39, Spring 2001)
Published by
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 2001
ISBN 10: 0873658361
ISBN 13: 9780873658362
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Soft cover
Seller: Katsumi-san Co., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: New. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. According to WorldCat, this volume has 241 p. and is illustrated. Contents: African works: anxious encounters in the visual arts / Z.S. Strother -- Autobiography and art history: the imperative of peripheral vision / Suzanne Preston Blier -- Fieldwork and the text preceding the (question) mark: prolegomena for a response to Mudimbe's "African Art as a Question Mark" / Ikem Stanley Okoye -- "Can you go out without your head?": fieldwork as transformative experience / Ruth B. Phillips -- Entangled traditions: photography and the history of media in southern Ghana / Tobias Wendl -- When is an object finished? The creation of the invisible among the Bamana of Mali / Sarah C. Brett-Smith -- Astonishment and stickiness in Kongo art: a theoretical advance / Wyatt Macgaffey -- "Immaginacy set free": Aristoleian ethics and Inigo Jones's Banqueting House at Whitehall / Vaughan Hart and Richard Tucker -- Body in pieces: desiring the Barcelona Pavilion / George Dodds -- Solidity of the mask: color contrasts in modern architecture / William W. Braham -- "Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain": being a sort of sermon on the hesitations of religious speech / Bruno Latour -- Great and small expectations / Remo Guidieri. Oversize [otob]. Seller Inventory # 401651