Title
- World Of Art
Attribution
David W. PenneyPublication Details
BookThames & Hudson2004Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E98.A7 P408 2004 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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A splendidly illustrated introduction to the rich history of Native American art, distinguished by its broad coverage and nuanced discussion. It seeks to inform a general readership about the history of Native American art with a lively narrative full of historical incident and illustrated with provocative and superlative works of art. The narrative weaves together so-called “traditional” arts, “tourist” arts, and Native American art of today by taking the point of view of their particular and local histories?the artists, their communities, and audiences. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
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- "A illustrated introduction to the history of Native American art, distinguished by its broad coverage and nuanced discussion." "This narrative draws upon Native American history, the testimonies of oral tradition and the latest research in North American archaeology." "Strong focus on the individual artists, their roles in society, their communities, and on the cultural and social contexts of the objects they created."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Foreword / George Horse Capture
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Ancient woodlands
- Ch. 3. Eastern woodlands
- Ch. 4. Southwest
- Ch. 5. Plains
- Ch. 6. Far west
- Ch. 7. Northwest coast
- Ch. 8. Arctic and subarctic
- Ch. 9. Artists of the modern and contemporary world
ISBN
- 0500203776
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