ANTH 1003 : Cultural Anthropology 1003 Dr. Managan Final (Test 4) Notes
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In our society, includes sculpture, drawing, painting, dance, theater, music, literature, film, photography, festivals, etc. Make take very different forms in other societies. High art vs. folk art: not an anthropological perspective. High art - types of art that gets institutionalized, taught in schools, at museums. Folk art - other forms of art practices outside of art galleries, schools, and museums. One anthropological definition: culturally significant meaning, skillfully encoded in an affecting, sensuous medium (affects the viewer, appeals to the senses) Sensuous - can be perceived by one or more of the human senses. Artistic rules for evaluating the form of the activities of objects produced. The media through which culturally significant meaning can be encoded are vast: carving wood, bone, antler, and stone; singing and chanting; storytelling; dancing; tattooing; etc. Aesthetic - appreciative of, or responsive to form can be used in art or nature . Between abstraction and realism - depict somebody but not anyone in particular.
