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Komiks

Written on July 11, 2008 by twinkycess in Comic Books

Komiks, as entertaining as it is, has been a commodity, a phenomenon, an industry that caters to the taste of thousands of Filipinos nationwide. It offered the pulse of the masa. Created and distributed to and for the masses, its audience simply answers why this visual form of art, literature and entertainment has spread like…

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Book review on Art and Agency

Written on July 11, 2008 by twinkycess in Book Review

Art and agency : an anthropological theory / Alfred Gell In this book, Alfred Gell formulates a visual art anthropological theory which focuses on the social context of art production, circulation, and reception. Gell shows how art objects embody mediate social agency as he explores the psychology of patterns and perceptions, art and personhood, the…

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book review on Art as Culture

Written on July 11, 2008 by twinkycess in Academia, Book Review

Art as culture : an introduction to the anthropology of art by Evelyn Payne Hatcher The book gives an overview of the cross-cultural study of art from an anthropological perspective by tackling the diversity of human nature. Exploring the ins and outs of ideas about art and its relationship to other things that people do,…

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