Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. INTRODUCTION: ADVENTURES IN THE ART NEXUS 1
6. CHAPTER 1 THREADS OF THOUGHT Reflections on Art and Agency 25
7. CHAPTER 2 TECHNOLOGIES OF ROUTINE AND OF ENCHANTMENT 39
8. CHAPTER 3 FIGURING OUT DEATH Sculpture and Agency at the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus and the Tomb of the First Emperor of China 58
9. CHAPTER 4 THE NETWORK OF STANDARD STOPPAGES (C.1985) 88
10. CHAPTER 5 GELL’S DUCHAMP/DUCHAMP’S GELL 114
11. CHAPTER 6 MUSIC Ontology, Agency, Creativity 130
12. CHAPTER 7 LITERARY ART AND AGENCY? Gell and the Magic of the Early Modern Book 155
13. CHAPTER 8 ART, PERFORMANCE AND TIME’S PRESENCE Reflections on Temporality in Art and Agency 176
14. CHAPTER 9 EPILOGUE 201
15. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 207
16. INDEX 211