Asmat Art

Author : Dirk Smidt
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462909647
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asmat Art written by Dirk Smidt and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asmat Art features the world renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New Guinea This book presents a full range of Asmat woodcarving art, but emphasizes the rare early shields and figure sculptures. Drums, canoe prowheads and the larger, more dramatic "objects" are also shown. Together with bisj poles, war shields are perhaps the most famous creation of Asmat artists, and these were carved throughout the region. It is in the design and construction of the shields that the variations in style region can most clearly be seen. Figure sculptures, of varying styles, are also well represented here, and a limited number of the huge ceremonial carvings, such as bisj poles and basu suangkus, have also been included. The cultural context in which these items play their part is described in detail in the introductory chapters. But it is not the intention of this book to be an ethnography. The focus is on the art pieces themselves.

Author : Museum Kebudayaan & Kemajuan (Papua, Indonesia)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asmat written by Museum Kebudayaan & Kemajuan (Papua, Indonesia) and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anita Herle
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824825560
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Art written by Anita Herle and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors explore the complex relations among Pacific artists, patrons, collectors, and museums over time, as well as the different meanings given to art objects by each.

Author : Hope B. Werness
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826414656
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art written by Hope B. Werness and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly produced voulume is the first reference work to focus on the symbols, meaning, and significance of art in native, or indigenous, cultures.

Author : Adrian A. Gerbrands
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789054500018
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asmat art : woodcarvings of Southwest New Guinea written by Adrian A. Gerbrands and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nick Stanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907774201
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Asmat Art written by Nick Stanley and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the way major collections were made and examines the motivations of the collectors, their relationships with those from whom they purchased and the circumstances of the exchange. It also considers the involvement of artists and film-makers, anthropologists, representatives of the civil authorities and missionaries.

Author : Robert Layton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521368940
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of Art written by Robert Layton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-08-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative introduction to art forms in the non-Western world addresses the problem of cross-cultural aesthetic appreciation in societies ranging from traditional West African craftsmen to Australian hunter-gatherers.

Author : Pam Meecham
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118639847
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Modern Art written by Pam Meecham and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Modern Art presents a series of original essays by international and interdisciplinary authors who offer a comprehensive overview of the origins and evolution of artistic works, movements, approaches, influences, and legacies of Modern Art. Presents a contemporary debate and dialogue rather than a seamless consensus on Modern Art Aims for reader accessibility by highlighting a plurality of approaches and voices in the field Presents Modern Art’s foundational philosophic ideas and practices, as well as the complexities of key artists such as Cezanne and Picasso, and those who straddled the modern and contemporary Looks at the historical reception of Modern Art, in addition to the latest insights of art historians, curators, and critics to artists, educators, and more

Author : David Pickell
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914861
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between the Tides written by David Pickell and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring hundreds of original, color photographs, this fascinating study of New Guinea chronicles the rituals and daily life of this remote and culturally rich region. Between the Tides offers a compelling mix of New Guinean storytelling, history, natural history, politics, and culture. David Pickell brings warmth and intelligence to his subject, and Kal Muller's photographs are surprising and evocative. Together, author and photographer show how an isolated, nomadic past meets a worldly, urban future, history confronts superstition, and a false and imposed sense of shame yields to a new, and still fragile, pride. Their journey took them from the dusty New Guinea frontier town of Timika to tiny Lakahia island, along two hundred miles of twisting mangrove creeks and the relentlessly uncooperative Arafura sea. What they found was a culture facing the delicate, sometimes humorous, occasionally painful, and always interesting process of change.

Author : Ursula Konrad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783930115105
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asmat written by Ursula Konrad and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: