This stunning collection of almost 300 full-color reproductions of a broad range of magnificent works of art traces the development of American Indian art from the handmade tools of the Archaic Period to contemporary creations. Includes descriptive commentary.
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Organized by region, this handsomely illustrated celebration of Native American arts and crafts splices an absorbing text, 290 color plates, numerous photographs and extended captions. The study demonstrates how clothes, baskets, Navajo weavings, Hopi kachina dolls, jewelry, quillwork, pottery, carvings and ceremonial objects fit into the very fabric of Native American societies. At the same time, the authors provocatively argue that American Indian art, far from being conservative and firmly anchored in the past, has been on the cutting edge of the historical present, continually reinventing its means of expression to absorb and accommodate cultural change. The album concludes with an arresting survey of 20th-century Native painting, sculpture, photography, prints and performance art, in all of which ancient images, symbols and visual metaphors take on new meanings. Penney is a curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts; Longfish, a Seneca/Tuscarora, is an artist and professor at UC-Davis.
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Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Penny, a curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and artist and academic Longfish present a spectacular display of Native arts and crafts, from the handmade tools of the Archaic period to the modern expressions of contemporary artists.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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I used this book as a reference for a paper I wrote in school and it had some fantastic information. My teacher loved it, not too bias one direction or another while maintaining a sense of empathy that the Natives so rightfully deserve. Includes very nice photos. If you are looking for something really in depth this might not be for you (as the word encyclopedia implies), but for a vague overview of lots of native cultures, their history, their crafts, this is a great book for sure.
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The traditions of making things and the issues of visual expression, symbolism, and metaphor involved with these traditions, developed in North America independent of any consciousness of the aesthetic philosophies of the Old World. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Northwest Coast, The Detroit Institute of Arts, New Mexico, British Columbia, Eastern Woodlands, North America, Smithsonian Institution, Middle Woodland, Late Archaic, Great Lakes, The Masco Art Collection, Ohio Hopewell, American Museum of Natural History, Bering Strait, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of the American Indian, Queen Charlotte Islands, South Dakota, Western Sioux, Willie Seaweed, Bella Coola, Craig Mound, Ghost Dance, Old Bering Sea New!
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New York, Northwest Coast, The Detroit Institute of Arts, New Mexico, British Columbia, Eastern Woodlands, North America, Smithsonian Institution, Middle Woodland, Late Archaic, Great Lakes, The Masco Art Collection, Ohio Hopewell, American Museum of Natural History, Bering Strait, National Museum of Natural History, National Museum of the American Indian, Queen Charlotte Islands, South Dakota, Western Sioux, Willie Seaweed, Bella Coola, Craig Mound, Ghost Dance, Old Bering Sea New!
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- Native American Art by National Museum of American Indians on page 55, and page 178
- San Juan Islands by Ed Cooper on page 212
- American History by Irving L. Gordon in Back Matter
- Native Americans by Marion Wood on page 11
- Natural History by George I., Jr. Myers in Back Matter
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- Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories by W. Jackson Rushing III in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 188
- Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond by Peter Selz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- American Indian History, Vol 1: Conquest of a Continent, 1492-1783 by Robert W. Venables in Back Matter
- Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art) by Janet Catherine Berlo in Back Matter
- Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village by Richard G. Hardorff in Front Matter
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