Oceanic art / by Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Christian Kaufmann, Douglas Newton ; translated from the French by Nora Scott and Sabine Bouladon with the collaboration of Fiona Leibrick.
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TextPublisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1997Edition: English language editionDescription: 633 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 32 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0810936933
- 9780810936935
- 709.9
- N7410. K34 1997
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 709.9 KAE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A169107B |
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| 709.9 DAL Art of the Pacific / | 709.9 DAL Art of the Pacific / | 709.9 GUI The arts of the South Pacific. / | 709.9 KAE Oceanic art / | 709.9 PAR Paradise now? : contemporary art from the Pacific. | 709.9074 SEC Present encounters : papers from the conference of the second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 1996 / | 709.92 COO Kaitiaki mentors / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 616-625) and index.
Introduction -- Polynesia and Micronesia -- Prolegomenon to the Study of Polynesian Art -- The Mythological Charter -- Sculptural Manifestations of Mythological Charter -- Sacred Fibers, Feathers, and Inner Barks -- Propriety, Presentation, and Aesthetics of the Body -- Micronesian Art -- Melanesia -- Introduction -- Some Principles of Melanesian Art -- Why Images? -- The Image and its Interpretation -- Artist-Image Maker -- From Image to Cosmos -- Content and Form -- Perceiving Color and Form -- Art Areas of Melanesia -- Documentation -- Map -- Principal Oceanic Cultural Groups -- Bibliography -- Index.
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