Past as an incomplet narrative
By: D'Souza, Mario
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Publisher: Mumbai Art India Publshing Co. Pvt. Ltd., 2019Edition: Vol.23(1), March.Description: 80-81p.Subject(s): Sculpture And Related Arts (AR-ART)Online resources: Click here
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Art IndiaSummary: In this seminal work, The shape of Ancient thought, the late American art critic and scholar Thomas McEvilley suggested that trade, migration and imperialism allowed cultural philosophies from India, Greece, Egypt and the ancient near east ot interact with each other, amongst other things, he demonstrated that certain artistic traditions were not European inventions Non-western abstract art, for example, existed in traditional African masks, Hindu tantric painting and Islamic tile work. This interaction, he speculated, was the foundation of western civilization, a thesis that divides several philosophers, academics and thinkers even today.....
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In this seminal work, The shape of Ancient thought, the late American art critic and scholar Thomas McEvilley suggested that trade, migration and imperialism allowed cultural philosophies from India, Greece, Egypt and the ancient near east ot interact with each other, amongst other things, he demonstrated that certain artistic traditions were not European inventions Non-western abstract art, for example, existed in traditional African masks, Hindu tantric painting and Islamic tile work. This interaction, he speculated, was the foundation of western civilization, a thesis that divides several philosophers, academics and thinkers even today.....
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