Native American Art (1st Ed) - Hardcover

Penney, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883636948 ISBN 13: 9780883636947

Publisher: Universe, 1998

Synopsis

This stunning collection of almost 300 full-color reproductions of a broad range of magnificent works of art traces the development of American Indian art from the handmade tools of the Archaic Period to contemporary creations. Includes descriptive commentary.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Organized by region, this handsomely illustrated celebration of Native American arts and crafts splices an absorbing text, 290 color plates, numerous photographs and extended captions. The study demonstrates how clothes, baskets, Navajo weavings, Hopi kachina dolls, jewelry, quillwork, pottery, carvings and ceremonial objects fit into the very fabric of Native American societies. At the same time, the authors provocatively argue that American Indian art, far from being conservative and firmly anchored in the past, has been on the cutting edge of the historical present, continually reinventing its means of expression to absorb and accommodate cultural change. The album concludes with an arresting survey of 20th-century Native painting, sculpture, photography, prints and performance art, in all of which ancient images, symbols and visual metaphors take on new meanings. Penney is a curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts; Longfish, a Seneca/Tuscarora, is an artist and professor at UC-Davis.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

Penny, a curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and artist and academic Longfish present a spectacular display of Native arts and crafts, from the handmade tools of the Archaic period to the modern expressions of contemporary artists.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Universe
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0883636948
• ISBN 13: 9780883636947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312