The Powers of Presence: Consciousness, Myth, and Affecting Presence

Armstrong, Robert Plant

Chiefly considering African and Upper Paleolithic work, Armstrong demonstrates that concepts of beauty, truth, and excellence are irrelevant in developing the aesthetic of a specific culture. By developing a unique aesthetic typology, he offers a reinterpretation of non-Western art that integrates human consciousness and its reification as art. More than eighty handsome photographs and drawings are included.

EAN

9780812278040

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

29 October 1981

Pages

224