Over 270 designs from art of Nootka, Kwakiutl, Tlingit, other groups. Stylized plants, abstracts, repeating patterns, totemic images, more.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sloppy, poor quality drawings,
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This review is from: Northwest Coast Indian Designs (Dover Electronic Clip Art) (CD-ROM and Book) (Paperback)
The contents of this book are useless to the graphics professional. They are hand-drawn illustrations of some other art form, but they are not art themselves. They are sloppy. Wobbly, clumsy line art without a hint of the sophisticated thick-thin line quality that is characteristic and key to northwest native art. At best I'd say this book is full of "cartoon" representations. Don't judge the craftsmanship of the venerable native artists by this book. Their skill was far superior. The images in this book, although 100-300 years the younger, appear much more primitive than the original art that it is supposed to represent.
Who might find this book useful? Kids making book reports about native American art. Maybe a crafter looking for some vague sense of inspiration. An artist might find some reference on the composition of PNW native art here, but specific elements are wobbly, sloppy and poorly rendered, so you would need some other reference to see get a complete picture. If you are a professional designer, architect or an artist looking for actual images or even elements that you can use in graphic design such as packaging, or interior decor - or perhaps a jewelry designer, sculptor or painter, there is nothing of use to you in this volume. Maybe it's not intended for that audience.
19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Designs are authenic and easy to follow patterns forprojects,
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This review is from: Northwest Coast Indian Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)
We liked the book as a number of the designs are ones remembered from childhood. They are easy for us to follow when making are native crafts. As we try to be as authenic as possible. It is one of the best books we have found for Northwest Coast Indians Designs. Madeleine Orban-Szontagh's Books are all good books.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Northwest Coast Indian Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive) (Paperback)
Does not explain what the designs are, if you don't have another book to explain them you will be lost. Drawings do not reflect true designs.
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