ISLANDS AND ANCESTORS: INDIGENOUS STYLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing

Barbier, Jean-Paul & Newton, Douglas (Authors/Editors)

ISBN 10: 3791308998 / ISBN 13: 9783791308999

Published by Munich, Germany: Prestel Verlag, 1988, 1988

About this Item

1st Printing. 362 pages. Published in 1988. Landmark Monograph on subject. One of the most valuable books on the art and achievement of the indigenous arts of Southeast Asia. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only in conjunction with the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. A brilliant production by Prestel Verlag: Oversize-volume format. Handsome brown cloth boards with black titles on cover and spine, as issued. Text by Jean-Paul Barbier and Douglas Newton. Photographs by various contributors. Invaluable Bibliography appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Prestel in Munich, Germany to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents "Islands And Ancestors: Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia". The unique and wondrous beauty of the indigenous art of Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and the various island-cultures of Indonesia. Each tribal art is singularly different from the others. All of them are sublime, indeed among the most beautiful works of art ever produced by Man. Lavishly illustrated with photographs of examples of the works, the peoples, and the places, this will remain unsurpassed as a meticulous and riveting work of comparative scholarship. Once upon a time, these masterpieces were seen as "artifacts". That they are. But at the same time, they were always more than that: Ethnic art = Great art. Tribal art = Global art. An absolute "must-have" title for collectors of the ethnic/indigenous art of Southeast Asia. This title is a great art book. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have very serious flaws ("Good", "Very Good") or are former liberary copies and the Softcover Edition. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with archival, vintage, and contemporary photographic plates. One of the greatest books on the artistic heritage of the region's indigenous cultures ever published in our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO "BORNEO AND BEYOND", "HORNBILL AND DRAGON", AND "ANCIENT ECHOES" TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 3791308998.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ISLANDS AND ANCESTORS: INDIGENOUS STYLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA - Scarce Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing
• Publisher: Munich, Germany: Prestel Verlag, 1988
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791308998
• ISBN 13: 9783791308999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: no

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Synopsis

Book by Barbier, Jean Paul, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y.)