Moving the body painting into the art gallery — knowing about and appreciating works of Aboriginal art

The paper focuses on two kinds of relationship: between Western fine art and Indigenous art, and between anthropological and art historical approaches to understanding and appreciating works of art. The primary focus is on the process by which Australian Aboriginal art came to be incorporated within...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard Morphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2011-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/moving-the-body-images-_formatted_01dec1.pdf