Nothing Too Beautiful for the Gods: Altars and Contemporary Creation

This book argues that globalisation challenges the Western idea of art and explores how different cultures express spirituality through art. Text in English and French.

Globalization has forced us to stop thinking that art only exists in the West. The very notion of art was invented by the West and refers to the learned version of its material culture. It was then projected onto other civilizations, particularly Asian ones, and finally onto the preliterate societies of Africa and Oceania.

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