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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art Page : 370 pages File Size : 52,7 Mb Release : 2007 Category : Aboriginal Australians ISBN : 9781588392381
Oceania by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren Pdf
Includes detailed chapters devoted to each of the five major cultural regions of the Pacific: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the islands of Southeast Asia.
"Lavishly illustrated analysis and guide discusses the significance of art for the people of the Pacific Islands. Examines the art forms and practices of particular regions, for example, Maori ancestral carvings, and rituals of exchange and warfare in the Solomon Islands. Discusses topics such as maternal symbolism and male cults, and also provides a chapter on narrative art and tourism. Includes a bibliography, references and an index." - product description.
Author : Barry Craig,Bernie Kernot,Christopher Anderson Publisher : University of Hawaii Press Page : 340 pages File Size : 51,9 Mb Release : 1999-12-01 Category : Performing Arts ISBN : 0824822838
Art and Performance in Oceania by Barry Craig,Bernie Kernot,Christopher Anderson Pdf
The Fifth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association, titled "Art, Performance, and Society," called for papers in sessions dealing with "Production and Performance," "Social and Cultural Context," "The Record and the Remainder," and "The Mission of Museums." In all, some sixty papers were presented, twenty-four of which have been included in this book. The first two topics elicited several papers that explored the creative process, including the description and analysis of performance, and the taxonomy of objects used, the transmission of cultural knowledge, and the identity and work of individual artists. The second two topics provided the opportunity for papers on some significant early museum collectors and collections, various methods of documenting cultural material (such as photography), how cultural material has been and can be exhibited, and the role of museums and cultural centers in Pacific Island countries.
Masks and figural sculptures are the most familiar examples of the visual culture of Oceania, yet they provide only a glimpse of the fascinating art of this expansive and diverse region. The artisans of the Pacific Islands have produced objects ranging from stained and beaten fabric, rock engravings, and woven containers to tattooed and painted bodies, drawings on sand and paper, and contemporary installation art. This sweeping survey looks at the full range of objects created over several millennia, spanning the settlement of Oceania in the prehistoric period to the present day.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren Publisher : Yale University Press Page : 178 pages File Size : 45,7 Mb Release : 2014-09-02 Category : Art ISBN : 9780300204292
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Page : 354 pages File Size : 40,7 Mb Release : 2007 Category : Aboriginal Australians ISBN : 1588392376
Oceania by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Eric Kjellgren Pdf
Includes detailed chapters devoted to each of the five major cultural regions of the Pacific: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the islands of Southeast Asia.
The visual arts of Oceania tell a wealth of dynamic stories about origins, ancestral power, performance, and initiation. This publication explores the deeply rooted connections between Austronesian-speaking peoples, whose ancestral homelands span Island Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the island archipelagoes of the northern and eastern Pacific. Unlike previous books, it foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, alongside multidisciplinary research in art history, ethnography, and archaeology, to provide an intimate look at Oceania, its art, and its culture. Stunning new photography highlights more than 130 magnificent objects, ranging from elaborately carved ancestral figures in ceremonial houses, towering slit drums, and dazzling turtle-shell masks to polished whale ivory breastplates. Underscoring the powerful interplay between the ocean and its islands, and the ongoing connection with spiritual and ancestral realms, Oceania: The Shape of Time presents an art-focused approach to life and culture while guiding readers through the artistic achievements of Islanders across millennia.
From the South Seas by Michael Gunn,William Teel Pdf
From New Guinea to New Zealand, Easter Island to Hawaii, the Pacific region known as Oceania has long excited the Western imagination, but its traditional sculptures, pots and paintings have only recently been studied and appreciated as fine art. While much about these works and the cultures that produced them remains mysterious, we do know that most items were created for use in daily life rather than as products for the art market. Nonetheless, their beauty and craftsmanship elevate the best of them to objects of contemplation and wonder. This catalogue presents some 80 Oceanic works of art, each illustrated with its form and function described. Michael Gunn's introduction places the works in context; Christraud Geary discusses provenance; and contextual photographs throughout show many of the objects in situ, aiding in a growing understanding of these intriguing but still elusive works, and adding to the scholarship on, and interest in, Oceania.
P. W. Gathercole,Adrienne L. Kaeppler,Douglas Newton,National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Author : P. W. Gathercole,Adrienne L. Kaeppler,Douglas Newton,National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Publisher : Indiana University Press Page : 382 pages File Size : 42,7 Mb Release : 1979 Category : Art ISBN : UCSD:31822010927564
The Art of the Pacific Islands by P. W. Gathercole,Adrienne L. Kaeppler,Douglas Newton,National Gallery of Art (U.S.) Pdf
Du site de l'éd.: In spite of the wealth it has to offer, the art of the Pacific Islands remains perhaps the least known of the world's art to the modern audience. Throughout this mass of islands there existed hundreds of cultures, many of them sustained by only a few hundred people. The cultures developed into richly disparate modes with elaborate social systems and highly refined systems of intellectual and religious life. Most striking of all, however, is that these cultures created an extraordinary range of art styles to express and serve their beliefs. The aim of the exhibition this catalog accompanied was to highlight objects that were made before or collected at the earliest contact by Westerners, and which therefore reflect the most pristine state of the cultures. Many of the works included had never before been published or exhibited.
The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia by Adrienne L. Kaeppler Pdf
With more than one hundred illustrations--most in full color--this volume offers a stimulating and insightful account of two dynamic artistic cultures, traditions that have had a considerable impact on modern western art through the influence of artists such as Gauguin. After an introduction to Polynesian and Micronesian art separately, the book focuses on the artistic types, styles, and concepts shared by the two island groups, thereby placing each in its wider cultural context. From the textiles of Tonga to the canoes of Tahiti, Adrienne Kaeppler sheds light on religious and sacred rituals and objects, carving, architecture, tattooing, and much more.
