ANTHRO 102 Lecture 13: Anthro_102_-_L13
Anthro 102
Cultural Anthropology
East Los Angeles College
Professor Bernard
Cross Cultural Definition of Art
Art should…
1) …be creative, playful, and enjoyable and may not be practical or useful
2) …produce an emotional response
3) …be transformational.
4) …communicate
5) …highlight unique skill
Differences in Art Forms
● Lifestyles and settlements
● Social differentiation
● Division of labor
● Total Culture
Random Acts of Culture
Surprise shows to perform so that people can get access to art.
Functions of art
● Emotional gratification for the Individual
● Contributes to social Integration
● Social Control
● Preserving or Challenging the Status Quo
Graphic and Plastic Arts
● The Western notion refers to painting, sculpture, printmaking, & architecture.
● The anthropological definition also includes such art forms as weaving,
embroidery, tailoring, jewelry making, and tattooing and other forms of body
decoration.
Music as Symbol
Document Summary
Art should : be creative, playful, and enjoyable and may not be practical or useful, produce an emotional response, be transformational, communicate, highlight unique skill. Surprise shows to perform so that people can get access to art. The western notion refers to painting, sculpture, printmaking, & architecture. The anthropological definition also includes such art forms as weaving, embroidery, tailoring, jewelry making, and tattooing and other forms of body decoration. Music as a symbol used to get across the desired meaning of a ritual. Music can be interwoven in the learned traditions of a culture. In order to bridge the music symbolism gap between cultures, some artists are employing syncretism (fusion of elements from 2 different cultures) to help convey meaning. Defined as the study between music and other aspects of culture. Four major concerns of ethnomusicology: ideas about music, social structure of music, characteristics of the music itself, material culture of music.
