Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast
Author: Franz BoasThe Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast
Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
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Category : Indian art
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast
Author: Franz BoasDecorative Art of Indians of North Pacific Coast. Bulletin of AMNH ; V. 9, Article 10
Author: American Indian Art of the North Pacific Coast
Author: Spencer Heath MacCallumPublisher:
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Category : Indian art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Syllabus Series
Author: University of California (System)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Art of the Northwest Coast Indians
Author: Robert Bruce InverarityPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN:
Category : Indian art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Decorative Art of the Southwestern Indians
Author: Dorothy S. SidesPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155242
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
The decorative art of the Indians of the American Southwest has long been recognized as one of the most beautiful art traditions in the primitive world. It demonstrates a technical skill with simple materials, a symbolic richness, and a faculty for creating rich effects by the imaginative use of ornament that are all almost unique. Museums use Pueblo ceramics for display pieces, and modern artists and crafters have turned eagerly to the handwork of prehistoric Indian women for inspiration and working ideas. Mrs. Dorothy Sides, a noted artist and collector, has gathered together and redrawn in black and white nearly 300 examples of the finest authentic Southwestern Indian decoration that she has seen in a lifetime of study. She has not limited her selection to one period or style, however; to make her book as useful as possible, she has selected material ranging from the thirteenth century great geometric art of the Pueblos to the handcrafts carried on by the nomadic and Pueblo peoples of the present. The main emphasis of this volume is on ceramic decoration, and Mrs. Sides includes pieces from the rich archeological sites of Pecos, Sikyatki, the Mimbres, and modern Pueblo pottery from Acoma, Zuni, Cochiti, and the Hopi. She also includes designs and motifs from the basketry of the Apache, Pima, and Papago; beadwork from the Mohave; authentic Zuni masks; Hopi kachina dolls; and sand paintings and blanket designs from the Navajo. This broad coverage of beautiful ornament illustrates many different art styles to fit every situation: geometric designs based upon balanced mirror fields of design, symbolic figures of the thunderbird, and modern stylizations. All is beautiful and imaginative. Any crafter working with ceramics will find this book indispensable as a source of rich, easily used, powerful design; workers in wood, weavers, metal workers, and leather workers will find that it will enlarge their decorative resources considerably. It also offers unusual and eye-catching designs for commercial artists who wish to do work suggesting travel, handcrafts, the Southwest, or the social sciences. Individual drawings are royalty-free and may be reproduced without fee or permission. "Worthy of an honored place in the library of aboriginal American art." — F. H. Hodge, Director, Southwestern Museum.
A Wealth of Thought
Author: Franz BoasPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295998601
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Although Franz Boas--one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century--is best known for his voluminous writings on cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropology, he is also recognized for breaking new ground in the study of so-called primitive art. His writings on art have major historical value because they embody a profound change in art history. Nineteenth-century scholars assumed that all art lay on a continuum from primitive to advanced: artworks of all nonliterate peoples were therefore examples of early stages of development. But Boas’s case studies from his own fieldwork in the Pacific Northwest demonstrated different tenets: the variety of history, the influence of diffusion, the symbolic and stylistic variation in art styles found among groups and sometimes within one group, and the role of imagination and creativity on the part of the artist. This volume presents Boas’s most significant writings on art (dated 1889-1916), many originally published in obscure sources now difficult to locate. The original illustrations and an extensive, combined bibliography are included. Aldona Jonaitis’s careful compilation of articles and the thorough historical and theoretical framework in which she casts them in her introductory and concluding essays make this volume a valuable reference for students of art history and Northwest anthropology, and a special delight for admirers of Boas.
Publications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition: The Decorative Art of the Amur Tribes
Author: Franz BoasPublisher:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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