ANTH 101 Lecture 17: Chapter 17 - Art and Media
Document Summary
Art - all ideas, forms, techniques, and strategies that humans employ to express themselves creatively and communicate their creativity and inspiration to others. Through dynamic encounters art takes its shape not only in creation but in perception as well. Fine art - creative expression and communication often associated with cultural ethics. Popular art - creative expressions and communication often associated with the general population. Aesthetic expression - perception through one"s senses. Universal gaze - an intrinsic way of perceiving art, thought by many in the western art world to be found across cultures, that informs what people consider to be art or not art. Anthropologists of art reject the evolutionary framing and evaluation of art. Examination of art in human history provides crucial context our deliberations as we consider art. Particular attention on how art is embedded into a community. Placing art in context has become more challenging and interesting in recent years.
