Art's Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics. Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world Features an introductory essay by leading experts, which helps clarify issues in the field Includes numerous illustrations

Art's Agency and Art History re-articulates the relationship of the anthropology of art to key methodological and theoretical approaches in art history, sociology, and linguistics.* Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art* Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists* Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world* Features an introductory essay by leading experts, which helps clarify issues in the field* Includes numerous illustrations

Series Editor's Preface.Preface.List of Illustrations.Notes on Contributors.1. Introduction: Art and Agency and Art History: JeremyTanner (University College London ) and Robin Osborne (Universityof Cambridge).2. Enchantment and Sacrifice in Early Egypt: David Wengrow(University College London).3. Agency Marked, Agency Ascribed: The Affective Object inAncient Mesopotamia: Irene J. Winter (Harvard University).4. Portraits and Agency: A Comparative View: Jeremy Tanner(University College London).5. The Agency of, and the Agency for, the Wanli Emperor: JessicaRawson (University of Oxford).6. The Material Efficacy of the Elizabethan Jeweled Miniature: aGellian Experiment: Jessen Kelly (University of California atBerkeley).7. Representational Art in Ancient Peru and the Work of AlfredGell: Jeffrey Quilter (Peabody Museum, Harvard).8. Gell's Idols and Roman Cult: Peter Stewart (CourtauldInstitute of Art in London).9. Sex, Agency, and History: the Case of Athenian PaintedPottery: Robin Osborne (University of Cambridge).10. Abducting the Agency of Art: Whitney Davis (University ofCalifornia at Berkeley).Index