The Artistic Traditions of Non-European Cultures, vol. 11/12:

Art of Communication and Communication through Art in Asia and Africa

In this volume we offer a comprehensive exploration of the interdisciplinary nature of research on art and communication, and communication through art. By examining a wide range of artistic expressions, from ancient artefacts to contemporary art, we explore the complex interplay between form, content and context.
Research into communication, as well as that on art and cultures, is interdisciplinary by virtue of being undertaken at the intersection of disciplines, and involves input from specialists from very different fields, including from beyond the humanities. Communication through art in a variety of forms, such as religious paintings, political posters or spectacular architecture, can be studied as media presenting ideology, the history of political though, as propaganda, or as a range of other reflections of human activities. Art conservation, so closely related to art history, requires profound knowledge of science, particularly chemistry and biology, while specialists in rare languages cooperate with art historians in order to interpret manuscripts, while methods used in anthropology are on many occasions included in the workshop of historians. Thus, in order to analyze a wide range of problems related to art and communication, collaborative interpretation by historians, anthropologists, linguists, specialists in literature or political science among many others helps to examine and answer the questions which we, researchers dealing with cultures, constantly pose.

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Hanna Rubinkowska-Anioł, Marta Widy-Behiesse
On the methodology: the art of communication and communication through art in Asia and Africa

Maciej Czyż
The correspondence between the patriarchs of Antioch and Alexandria, Agapius and Elijah

Stanisław Jaśkowski
Some Introductory Remarks on Textual and Visual Means of Communication in Early Modern Persian Documents

Karolina Kłoszewska
Mariyamman’s true colors: what images of a Tamil goddess tell us about her

Nagmeldin Karamalla-Gaiballa
Nubian Queen Kandaka’s Legacy: The Art of Revolution and Empowerment for Sudanese Women

Urszula Mach-Bryson
Indicators of Purity in the Japanese Art of Chanoyu – The Practitioner’s Perspective on Cross-Cultural Communication

Lidia Napiórkowska
The folk tale of Rustam in Neo-Aramaic: the art of storytelling

Agnieszka Staszczyk
Western viewers – Eastern art objects

Anna Zalewska
Contemporary Japanese calligraphy as seen through the categories in major calligraphy exhibitions (Mainichi Shodōten)