American Indian Art - Softcover

Norman Feder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810901455 ISBN 13: 9780810901452

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1972

Synopsis

Large, beautiful book containing 446 pp, 302 ills (60 hand-tipped in color) of Native American art and craft. Cover is fine in bright red cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations, the book is lavishly illustrated and the color plates are tipped-in. Illustrated by 300 illus. 60 color. Norman Feder is curator of American Indian Art in the Denver Art Museum and in this books describes and illustrates the various art forms of Native American tribes and nations of the Great Plains, the American Southwest, California, the Pacific Plateau, the Arctic, etc. The dynamic art and fine craftsmanship of the North American Indian are often considered expressions of an interesting but vanishing primitive culture. Yet the high degree of sophistication of much of this art, the endless variations of motifs, and the sheer aesthetic beauty of many of these works warrant continual reconsideration. This volume is a study of the whole range of artistic expression of these vital peoples the pottery and silver-work of the Pueblos of the Southwest, the wooden masks of the Eskimo and the Tlingit, the bead-work of the Plains and Pacific Plateau tribes, and the basketry of the California natives, to name only a few. The dust jacket is white with a Northwest Indian Mask.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0810901455
• ISBN 13: 9780810901452
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448