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Conceptualizing world art studies: An introduction

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This special issue aims to contribute to the conceptualization of World Art Studies. The first two articles offer evaluative views from art history, the third and fourth perspectives from anthropology, the fifth and sixth arguments for including neo-evolutionary and neurological studies in understanding world art as a universal human behavior.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Nijmegen, PO Box 9104, 6500 HE, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Venbrux Eric

  2. Department of Anthropology, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA

    Rosi Pamela C.

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Eric, V., Pamela C., R. Conceptualizing world art studies: An introduction. Int. J. Anthropol. 18, 191–200 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447904

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