Introduction 1 Romanticism, from Foi Site Poetry to Schuberts Winterreise 2 Agency, History and Tradition in The Construction of Classical Music: The Debate Over Authentic Performance 3 Why Knot? Towards a Theory of Art and Mathematics 4 Captivation, Representation, and the Limits of Cognition: Interpreting Metaphor and Metonymy in Tahitian Tamau 5 What Makes Singo Different: North Vanuatu Textiles and the Theory of Captivation 6 The Captivating Agency of Art: Many Ways of Seeing 7 The Fame of Trinis: Websites as Traps 8 Piercing the Skin of the Idol 9 The Politics and Personhood of Tibetan Buddhist Icons 10 Aboriginal Cultural Production into Art: The Complexity of Redress 11 When the (Oven) Gloves Are Off: The Queens Baton Doing What to Whom? 12 The Patent and the Malanggan