This timely new book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous
North America, from those of ancient cultures such as Adena,
Hopewell, Mississippian, and Anasazi to the work of modern artists
like Earnest Spybuck, Fred Kabotie, Dick West, T. C. Cannon, and
Gerald McMaster. The text is organized geographically and draws
upon the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history,
and the latest research in North American archaeology. Recent art
historical scholarship has helped restore, to a large degree, some
understanding of the identities and cultural roles of Native
American artists and the social contexts of the objects they
created. Native American art is often discussed simply as a
cultural production rather than the work of individual artists who
made objects to fufill social and cultural purposes; this book
focuses as much as possible on the artists themselves, their
cultural identities, and the objects they made even when the names
of the individual artists remain unrecoverable. But this is not a
book of artists' biographies. It seeks to inform a general
readership about the history of Native American art with a lively
narrative full of historical incident and illustrated with
provocative and superlative works of art. It explores the tension
between artistic continuities spanning thousands of years and the
startlingly fresh innovations that resulted from specific
historical circumstances. The narrative weaves together so-called
"traditional" arts, "tourist" arts, and Native American art of
today by taking the point of view of their particular and local
histories the artists, their communities, and audiences. Among the
many cultures included are: Arapaho, Athapascan, Cherokee,
Cheyenne, Chumash, Hopi, Hupa/Karok, Inuit, Iroquois, Kwakiutl,
Lakota, Miwok, Navajo, Ojibwa, Pomo, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Uypik, and
Zuni. "
General
Imprint: |
Thames and Hudson
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
World of Art |
Release date: |
June 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
David W. Penney
|
Dimensions: |
210 x 150 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
232 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-500-20377-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-500-20377-6 |
Barcode: |
9780500203774 |
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