American Indian Design & Decoration (Dover Pictorial Archive) [Paperback]

Le Roy H. Appleton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Pictorial Archive | Publication Date: April 1, 1971

Full text, plus more than 700 precise drawings of basketry, sculpture, painting, pottery, sand paintings, metal, much more. 4 plates in color. Text gives lore and tradition behind the designs plus Indians' own songs and stories. "A smashingly handsome book!" — Kliatt Paperback Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (April 1, 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486227049
• ISBN-13: 978-0486227047
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #673,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A history of native art!, October 15, 2000

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This review is from: American Indian Design & Decoration (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)

I wanted to learn about the western hemisphere art as a whole and not country by country and that's precisely what I found in this book. Well detailed designs and astonishing information such as poems, myths, symbols explanations... unfortunately, some countries -as Ecuador- are not represented and that's a pitty because they have many motifs to show to the world. Anyway, I think this is a must in decorators' or art historian's library!