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Author Feest, Christian F.

Title Native arts of North America / Christian F. Feest.

Publication Info. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1992.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  704.0397 FE    Check Shelf
Edition Updated edition.
Description 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Series World of art
World of art.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index.
Contents Pt. I. Towards a History -- 1. From 'artificial curiosities' to art -- 2. The makers -- 3. Native traditions and the European impact -- Pt. II. Techniques and Styles -- 4. Painting and engraving -- 5. Textiles -- 6. Sculpture.
Summary "The craftsmanship of native North American peoples is now regarded as art of a high order, yet not until the early twentieth century did it become the subject of aesthetic discussion. The varied and vital forms of Indian artifacts--from the totem poles of the Northwest Coast to the rock engravings of the Anasazi--create an extraordinary record of native traditions and their subtle interactions with European influence. Classifying surviving works by material and technique, the author covers a huge field--a thousand tribes and about 200 languages. The works described and illustrated range from an Arapaho Ghost Dance dress to Buffalo Meat's self-portrait, from Seminole applique work of the 1890s to a Tlingit spoon carved from mountain goat horn; all of them works of art that testify to a vast field of human achievement."--Publisher's description.
Subject Indian art -- North America.
Local Subject Indigenous art -- North America.
ISBN 0500202621: $12.95
9780500202623
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