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Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples

Early Art of the Southeastern Indians - Feathered Serpents and Winged Beings (Paperback): Susan C. Power Early Art of the Southeastern Indians - Feathered Serpents and Winged Beings (Paperback)
Susan C. Power
R1,059 Discovery Miles 10 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Early Art of the Southeastern Indians" is a visual journey through time, highlighting some of the most skillfully created art in native North America. The remarkable objects described and pictured here, many in full color, reveal the hands of master artists who developed lapidary and weaving traditions, established centers for production of shell and copper objects, and created the first ceramics in North America.

Presenting artifacts originating in the Archaic through the Mississippian periods--from thousands of years ago through A.D. 1600--Susan C. Power introduces us to an extraordinary assortment of ceremonial and functional objects, including pipes, vessels, figurines, and much more. Drawn from every corner of the Southeast--from Louisiana to the Ohio River valley, from Florida to Oklahoma--the pieces chronicle the emergence of new media and the mastery of new techniques as they offer clues to their creators' widening awareness of their physical and spiritual worlds.

The most complex works, writes Power, were linked to male (and sometimes female) leaders. Wearing bold ensembles consisting of symbolic colors, sacred media, and richly complex designs, the leaders controlled large ceremonial centers that were noteworthy in regional art history, such as Etowah, Georgia; Spiro, Oklahoma; Cahokia, Illinois; and Moundville, Alabama. Many objects were used locally; others circulated to distant locales.

Power comments on the widening of artists' subjects, starting with animals and insects, moving to humans, then culminating in supernatural combinations of both, and she discusses how a piece's artistic "language" could function as a visual shorthand in local style and expression, yet embody an iconography of regional proportions. The remarkable achievements of these southeastern artists delight the senses and engage the mind while giving a brief glimpse into the rich, symbolic world of feathered serpents and winged beings.

Philosopher Stone from the Lower Shenandoah (Paperback): Michael A Susko Philosopher Stone from the Lower Shenandoah (Paperback)
Michael A Susko
R144 Discovery Miles 1 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Swarts Ruin - A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc (Paperback):... The Swarts Ruin - A Typical Mimbres Site in Southwestern New Mexico, With a New Introduction by Steven A. LeBlanc (Paperback)
Harriet S. Cosgrove, C. Burton Cosgrove; Introduction by Steven A LeBlanc, Alfred Vincent Kidder
R890 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Save R95 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This classic volume on the evocative and enigmatic pottery of the Mimbres people has become an irreplaceable design catalogue for contemporary Native American artists. Burt and Harriet (Hattie) Cosgrove were self-trained archaeologists who began excavating Mimbres materials in 1919. When their meticulous research came to the attention of Alfred V. Kidder of the Peabody Museum, he invited them to direct the Mimbres Valley Expedition at the Swarts Ranch in southern New Mexico on behalf of the Peabody.

Working in the summers of 1924 to 1927, the Cosgroves recovered nearly 10,000 artifacts at the Swarts site, including an extraordinary assemblage of Mimbres ceramics. Like their original 1932 report, this paperbound facsimile edition includes over 700 of Hattie Cosgrove's beautiful line drawings of individual Mimbres pots. It also presents a new introduction by archaeologist Steven A. LeBlanc, who reviews the eighty years of research on the Mimbres that have followed the Cosgroves' groundbreaking study. The Peabody's reissue of "The Swarts Ruin" once again makes available a rich resource for scholars, artists, and admirers of Native American art, and it places in historical context the Cosgroves' many contributions to North American archaeology.

Standing on the Walls of Time - Ancient Art of Utah's Cliffs and Canyons (Paperback): Kevin T. Jones, Layne Miller Standing on the Walls of Time - Ancient Art of Utah's Cliffs and Canyons (Paperback)
Kevin T. Jones, Layne Miller
R562 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R85 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In western culture, rock art has traditionally been viewed as ""primitive"" and properly belonging in the purview of anthropologists rather than art scholars and critics. This volume, featuring previously unpublished photographs of Utah's magnificent rock art by long-time rock art researcher Layne Miller and essays by former Utah state archaeologist Kevin Jones, views rock art through a different lens. Miller's photographs include many rare and relatively unknown panels and represent a lifetime of work by someone intimately familiar with the Colorado Plateau. The photos highlight the astonishing variety of rock art as well as the variability within traditions and time periods. Jones's essays furnish general information about previous Colorado Plateau cultures and shine a light on rock art as art. The book emphasizes the exqui site artistry of these ancient works and their capacity to reach through the ages to envelop and inspire viewers.

Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings of the Northwest Coast - Petroglyphs and Rubbings of the Pacific Northwest (Paperback): Beth... Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings of the Northwest Coast - Petroglyphs and Rubbings of the Pacific Northwest (Paperback)
Beth Hill
R378 R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Save R72 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Totem Pole - An Intercultural History (Hardcover): Aldona Jonaitis, Aaron Glass The Totem Pole - An Intercultural History (Hardcover)
Aldona Jonaitis, Aaron Glass
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Northwest Coast totem pole captivates the imagination. From the first descriptions of these tall carved monuments, totem poles have become central icons of the Northwest Coast region and symbols of its Native inhabitants. Although many of those who gaze at these carvings assume that they are ancient artifacts, the so-called totem pole is a relatively recent artistic development, one that has become immensely important to Northwest Coast people and has simultaneously gained a common place in popular culture from fashion to the funny pages. The Totem Pole reconstructs the intercultural history of the art form in its myriad manifestations from the eighteenth century to the present. Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass analyze the totem pole's continual transformation since Europeans first arrived on the scene, investigate its various functions in different contexts, and address the significant influence of colonialism on the proliferation and distribution of carved poles. The authors also describe their theories on the development of the art form: its spread from the Northwest Coast to world's fairs and global theme parks; its integration with the history of tourism and its transformation into a signifier of place; the role of governments, museums, and anthropologists in collecting and restoring poles; and the part that these carvings have continuously played in Native struggles for control of their cultures and their lands. Short essays by scholars and artists, including Robert Davidson, Bill Holm, Richard Hunt, Nathan Jackson, Vickie Jensen, Andrea Laforet, Susan Point, Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Lyle Wilson, and Robin Wright, provide specific case studies of many of the topics discussed, directly illustrating the various relationships that people have with the totem pole. Errata: http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/books/Jonaitis_errata_24.pdf

Around Lake Michigan - American Indians, 1820-1850 (Paperback): Gerard van Bussel, Eric Hemenway Around Lake Michigan - American Indians, 1820-1850 (Paperback)
Gerard van Bussel, Eric Hemenway
R1,891 Discovery Miles 18 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time - Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa (Hardcover): Kathleen Bickford... Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time - Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa (Hardcover)
Kathleen Bickford Berzock
R1,706 R1,501 Discovery Miles 15 010 Save R205 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How West African gold and trade across the Sahara were central to the medieval world The Sahara Desert was a thriving crossroads of exchange for West Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe in the medieval period. Fueling this exchange was West African gold, prized for its purity and used for minting currencies and adorning luxury objects such as jewelry, textiles, and religious objects. Caravans made the arduous journey by camel southward across the Sahara carrying goods for trade-glass vessels and beads, glazed ceramics, copper, books, and foodstuffs, including salt, which was obtained in the middle of the desert. Northward, the journey brought not only gold but also ivory, animal hides and leatherwork, spices, and captives from West Africa forced into slavery. Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time draws on the latest archaeological discoveries and art historical research to construct a compelling look at medieval trans-Saharan exchange and its legacy. Contributors from diverse disciplines present case studies that form a rich portrayal of a distant time. Topics include descriptions of key medieval cities around the Sahara; networks of exchange that contributed to the circulation of gold, copper, and ivory and their associated art forms; and medieval glass bead production in West Africa's forest region. The volume also reflects on Morocco's Gnawa material culture, associated with descendants of West African slaves, and movements of people across the Sahara today. Featuring a wealth of color images, this fascinating book demonstrates how the rootedness of place, culture, and tradition is closely tied to the circulation of people, objects, and ideas. These "fragments in time" offer irrefutable evidence of the key role that Africa played in medieval history and promote a new understanding of the past and the present. Published in association with the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University Exhibition Schedule Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University January 26-July 21, 2019 Aga Khan Museum, Toronto September 21, 2019-February 23, 2020 Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC April 8-November 29, 2020

Jon Ach's Woodland Art Designs - markers, volume 2 (Paperback): Jonathan Achneepineskum Jon Ach's Woodland Art Designs - markers, volume 2 (Paperback)
Jonathan Achneepineskum
R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past and Present Together) - Fifty Years of Papunya Tula Artists (Hardcover): Fred Myers, Henry F.... Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past and Present Together) - Fifty Years of Papunya Tula Artists (Hardcover)
Fred Myers, Henry F. Skerritt
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1971 a small group of Aboriginal artists from Australia's remote Central and Western Deserts changed the face of global art history. The township of Papunya was founded in 1959 as a settlement for Aboriginal people who were relocated from their homelands. Living in cramped conditions, the community brought together people of diverse backgrounds and languages. Painting offered a way of asserting authority: of explaining who the townspeople were and where they came from amid this chaotic melange of strangers. Using ancient iconographies rarely seen by outsiders, an artistic renaissance sprang forth as artists defiantly asserted themselves against the uncertainty of colonial displacement. Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past and Present Together) celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Papunya Tula Artists, from the very first experiments on scraps of cardboard, linoleum, and Masonite through to the epic abstract paintings that are showcased internationally today. Motivated by the artists' desire to preserve and transmit their cultural knowledge, the movement quickly grew into a powerful medium for economic and social justice. From humble beginnings, a multimillion-dollar industry would emerge, changing the face of contemporary art and creating a powerful voice for Indigenous artists.

War Paintings of the Tsuu T'ina Nation (Paperback): Arni Brownstone War Paintings of the Tsuu T'ina Nation (Paperback)
Arni Brownstone
R856 Discovery Miles 8 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During much of the nineteenth century, paintings functioned as the Plains Indians' equivalent to written records. The majority of their paintings documented warfare, focusing on specific war deeds. These pictorial narratives-appearing on hide robes, war shirts, tipi liners, and tipi covers-were maintained by the several dozen Plains Indians tribes, and they continue to expand historical knowledge of a people and place in transition. War Paintings of the Tsuu T'ina Nation is a study of several important war paintings and artifact collections of the Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee) that provides insight into the changing relations between the Tsuu T'ina, other plains tribes, and non-Native communities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Arni Brownstone has meticulously created renderings of the paintings that invite readers to explore them more fully. All known Tsuu T'ina paintings are considered in the study, as are several important collections of Tsuu T'ina artifacts, with particular emphasis on five key works. Brownstone's analysis furthers our understanding of Tsuu T'ina pictographic war paintings in relation to the social, historical, and artistic forces that influenced them and provides a broader understanding of pictographic painting, one of the richest and most important Native American artistic and literary genres.

Silver Horn - Master Illustrator of the Kiowas (Hardcover): Candace S. Greene Silver Horn - Master Illustrator of the Kiowas (Hardcover)
Candace S. Greene
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Plains Indians were artists as well as warriors, and Silver Horn (1860-1940), a Kiowa artist from the early reservation period, may well have been the most prolific Plains Indian artist of all time.

Known also as Haungooah, his Kiowa name, Silver Horn was a man of remarkable skill and talent. Working in graphite, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink, and watercolor on hide, muslin, and paper, he produced more than one thousand illustrations between 1870 and 1920. Silver Horn created an unparalleled visual record of Kiowa culture, from traditional images of warfare and coup counting to sensitive depictions of the sun dance, early Peyote religion, and domestic daily life. At the turn of the century, he helped translate nearly the entire corpus of Kiowa shield designs into miniaturized forms on buckskin models for Smithsonian ethnologist James Mooney.

Born in 1860 when huge bison herds still roamed the southern plains, Silver Horn grew up in southwestern Oklahoma. Son of a chief and member of an artistically gifted family, he witnessed traumatic changes as his people went from a free-roaming, buffalo-hunting culture to reservation life and, ultimately, to forced assimilation into white society. Although perceived as a troublemaker in midlife because of his staunch resistance to the forces of civilization, Silver Horn became to many a romantic example of the "real old-time Indian."

In this presentation of Silver Horn's work, showcasing 43 color and 116 black-and-white illustrations, Candace S. Greene provides a thorough biographical portrait of the artist and, through his work, assesses the concepts and roles of artists in Kiowa culture.

Pende (Hardcover): Z.S. Strother Pende (Hardcover)
Z.S. Strother
R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building on the extended fieldwork of numerous researchers since the 1950s, this text offers a unique window into the dynamic performance contexts of both masquerade and architecture in Central Africa. Although many societies in the Congo were once renowned for vibrant masquerades and architectural sculpture, these phenomena have only been studied as living traditions among a handful of peoples, most notably the Pende. Building on the extended fieldwork of numerous researchers since the 1950s, this text offers a unique window into the dynamic performance contexts of both masquerade and architecture in Central Africa. As much as possible, it privileges Pende voices and seeks to understand the inter-relationship between ritual practice and aesthetic form. Attentive to history, the text also shows these artistic practices have responded (sometimes unpredictably) to both colonial and post-colonial pressure. Lavish illustrations feature both iconic and hitherto unpublished masterworks, which have been selected to evoke the full range of Pende expression.

Dana Claxton - Fringing the Cube (Hardcover): Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon, Olivia Michiko Gagnon, Jaleh Mansoor Dana Claxton - Fringing the Cube (Hardcover)
Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon, Olivia Michiko Gagnon, Jaleh Mansoor
R1,017 R851 Discovery Miles 8 510 Save R166 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Known for her expansive multidisciplinary approach to art making Vancouver-based Dana Claxton, who is Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux), has investigated notions of Indigenous identity, beauty, gender and the body, as well as broader social and political issues through a practice which encompasses photography, film, video and performance. Rooted in contemporary art strategies, her practice critiques the representations of Indigenous people that circulate in art, literature and popular culture in general. In doing so, Claxton regularly combines Lakota traditions with “Western†influences, using a powerful and emotive “mix, meld and mash†approach to address the oppressive legacies of colonialism and to articulate Indigenous world views, histories and spirituality. This timely catalogue will be the first monograph to examine the full breadth and scope of Claxton’s practice. It will be extensively illustrated and will include essays by Claxton’s colleague Jaleh Mansoor, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory at the University of British Columbia; Monika Kin Gagnon, Professor in the Communications Department at Concordia University, who has followed Claxton’s work for 25 years; Olivia Michiko Gagnon, a New York–based scholar and doctoral student in Performance Studies; and Grant Arnold, Audain Curator of British Columbia Art at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

When I Remember I See Red - American Indian Art and Activism in California (Hardcover): Frank La Pena, Mark Dean Johnson When I Remember I See Red - American Indian Art and Activism in California (Hardcover)
Frank La Pena, Mark Dean Johnson; Created by Kristina Perea Gilmore; Foreword by Edmund "Jerry" G. Brown
R1,099 Discovery Miles 10 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When I Remember I See Red: American Indian Art and Activism in California features contemporary art by First Californians and other American Indian artists with strong ties to the state. Spanning the past five decades, the exhibition includes more than sixty-five works in various media, from painting, sculpture, prints, and photography, to installation and video. More than forty artists are represented, among them pioneers such as Rick Bartow, George Blake, Dalbert Castro, Frank Day, Harry Fonseca, Frank LaPena, Jean LaMarr, James Luna, Karen Noble, Fritz Scholder, Brian Tripp, and Franklin Tuttle, as well as emerging and mid-career artists. Taking cues from their forebears, members of the younger generation often combine art and activism, embracing issues of identity, politics, and injustice to produce innovative-and frequently enlightening-work. The exhibition, along with the accompanying catalogue, transcends borders, with some California artists working outside the state, and several artists of non-California tribes living and creating within its boundaries. Diverse cultural influences coupled with the extraordinary dissemination of images made possible by technology have led to new forms of expression, making When I Remember I See Red a richly layered experience. Published in association with the Crocker Art Museum Exhibition dates: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento: October 20, 2019-January 26, 2020 Institute of American Indian Arts, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe: August 14, 2020-January 3, 2021 Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles: July 18, 2021-February 27, 2022

New Mexico Colcha Club - Spanish Colonial Embroidery & the Women Who Saved It (Paperback): Nancy C. Benson New Mexico Colcha Club - Spanish Colonial Embroidery & the Women Who Saved It (Paperback)
Nancy C. Benson
R1,041 R953 Discovery Miles 9 530 Save R88 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

New Mexico Colcha Club looks at the history, beauty, and various styles of New Mexico colcha embroidery, and tells the uplifting story of how a small group of determined women revived a cultural tradition destined for extinction. In the 1700s Spanish colonial women in the isolated province of New Mexico wanted to add beauty and warmth to their bedding. They worked their homespun yarn in a long couching stitch to create the flowing needlework that came to be called "colcha embroidery." Highly sought after and valued, a detailed embroidered piece could cost upwards of 46 pesos. (During the same time period, sheep and cows cost 2 and 15 pesos respectively). However, a century later colcha was on its way to oblivion. Like many traditional crafts, this beautiful and skilled artform was becoming obsolete as inexpensive and abundant commercial cloth, modern styles, and machine-made products became more desirable and available. Fast-forward to the 1920s and the Arte Antiguo, a colcha club founded by twelve Hispanic women in the Espanola Valley of New Mexico. Spearheaded by Teofila Ortiz Lujan and then later her daughter, Esther Lujan Vigil, these women heroically sought to rescue colcha and bring it back to its rightful place as a cherished custom. The women traveled to churches to examine vintage altar cloth, hunted through attics and archives in search of examples of the antique embroidery, and sketched old patterns--all in the hopes of keeping colcha from extinction and activating a revival of the embroidery. Esther Lujan Vigil, through her artwork and teaching, keeps the tradition alive and has elevated colcha from a folk art to a fine art. Divided into three sections, the first part of thebook traces the roots of the embroidery tradition and domestic life in colonial New Mexico. The second part looks at the Arte Antiguo's push in the early twentieth century to revive this lost art. The third part focuses on Esther Lujan Vigil's artistic skills and the renaissance of colcha embroidery today. New Mexico Colcha Club features historical and recent photographs of colcha work that demonstrate the beauty, intricacy, and diversity of this Old World custom. This inspirational and informative biography of colcha is folk art enlivened by social history. It is a must read for those interested in Spanish textile traditions and folk art, needlework, and New Mexico history.

Mystery Stone from the Shenandoah (Paperback): Michael A Susko Mystery Stone from the Shenandoah (Paperback)
Michael A Susko
R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
More Tales of The Dancing Rabbit (Paperback): Michael Richarme, Katie M Richarme More Tales of The Dancing Rabbit (Paperback)
Michael Richarme, Katie M Richarme
R645 Discovery Miles 6 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum (Hardcover): Dougal Austin Te Hei Tiki - An Enduring Treasure in a Cultural Continuum (Hardcover)
Dougal Austin; Designed by Kate Barraclough
R1,114 Discovery Miles 11 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An expert guide to the history and the role of hei tiki, a beloved and much prized Maori artform. Of all Maori personal adornments, the human figure pendants known as hei tiki are the most famous, highly prized and culturally iconic. This book examines and celebrates the long history of hei tiki and the enduring cultural potency of these taonga or cultural treasures. This first book on hei tiki for 60 years is written by the Acting Senior Curator Matauranga Maori at Te Papa, who is a hei tiki expert, and includes a large selection of hei tiki, most from the taonga Maori collections of Te Papa, which is the largest in New Zealand and very likely the world. Many are published here for the first time, including some with exalted histories of ownership. It also covers the work of leading contemporary hei tiki makers.

Totem Animals Coloring Book (Paperback): Diana Heemskerk Totem Animals Coloring Book (Paperback)
Diana Heemskerk; Illustrated by Diana Heemskerk
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Peetakvik - Inuit Arts and Crafts: History for the Future (Hardcover): Ken Crassweller Peetakvik - Inuit Arts and Crafts: History for the Future (Hardcover)
Ken Crassweller
R778 R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Save R134 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
My Favorite Color is Rainbow! - A Collection of Nature, Weather, & Seasonal Poems & Photographs (Paperback): Teresa Waters My Favorite Color is Rainbow! - A Collection of Nature, Weather, & Seasonal Poems & Photographs (Paperback)
Teresa Waters
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Peintures et gravures rupestres des Amériques: Empreintes culturelles et territoriales - Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World... Peintures et gravures rupestres des Amériques: Empreintes culturelles et territoriales - Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France) Volume 2, Session XXV-3 (Paperback)
Brigitte Faugère, Philippe Costa
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rock art of the Americas was produced at very different times and by different cultures, both by hunter-gatherers, fishermen and by farmers from village or state societies. Each group can be characterised by diverse styles and techniques. The function of rock art depended on religious, political or social concerns that referred to a particular context and time. Peintures et gravures rupestres des Amériques: Empreintes culturelles et territoriales presents the proceedings from Session XXV-3 of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France). Papers address the following questions: How does the study of rock art make it possible to culturally characterize its authors? What does it tell us about the function of sites? How and under what circumstances does it make it possible to delimit a cultural territory? The six articles in this volume provide case studies from Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, French Guiana and Chile.

The Jaguar Within - Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Hardcover): Rebecca R Stone The Jaguar Within - Shamanic Trance in Ancient Central and South American Art (Hardcover)
Rebecca R Stone
R1,570 R1,469 Discovery Miles 14 690 Save R101 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Shamanism--the practice of entering a trance state to experience visions of a reality beyond the ordinary and to gain esoteric knowledge--has been an important part of life for indigenous societies throughout the Americas from prehistoric times until the present. Much has been written about shamanism in both scholarly and popular literature, but few authors have linked it to another significant visual realm--art. In this pioneering study, Rebecca R. Stone considers how deep familiarity with, and profound respect for, the extra-ordinary visionary experiences of shamanism profoundly affected the artistic output of indigenous cultures in Central and South America before the European invasions of the sixteenth century.

Using ethnographic accounts of shamanic trance experiences, Stone defines a core set of trance vision characteristics, including enhanced senses, ego dissolution, bodily distortions, flying, spinning and undulating sensations, synaesthesia, and physical transformation from the human self into animal and other states of being. Stone then traces these visionary characteristics in ancient artworks from Costa Rica and Peru. She makes a convincing case that these works, especially those of the Moche, depict shamans in a trance state or else convey the perceptual experience of visions by creating deliberately chaotic and distorted conglomerations of partial, inverted, and incoherent images.

Northwest Native Arts: Creative Colors 2 - Creative Colors 2 (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Robert E. Stanley Sr. Northwest Native Arts: Creative Colors 2 - Creative Colors 2 (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Robert E. Stanley Sr.
R352 R170 Discovery Miles 1 700 Save R182 (52%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The second colouring book in the "Northwest Native Arts" Series. Learn about some of the real and legendary creatures revered by the natives of the west coast by using these templates to create spectacular pictures.

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