Oceanic Art (World of Art) by Nicholas Thomas

Oceanic Art (World of Art)



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Oceanic Art (World of Art) Nicholas Thomas
Page: 216
ISBN: 9780500202814
Publisher: Thames & Hudson

The dazzling colors and patterns of the art of the Pacific Islands have long entranced Western audiences, including artists such as Gauguin and Picasso. The tendency has been to regard Oceanic art as "primitive," mysterious, shrouded in taboo, but Nicholas Thomas looks beyond the familiar, stunning surfaces of spears and shields, carved canoe prows and feather capes to discover the significance of art, past and present, for the people of the Pacific. He shows how each region is characterized by certain art forms and practices - among them Maori ancestral carvings, rituals of exchange and warfare in the Solomon Islands, the production of barkcloth by women in Polynesia - even as it is shaped by influences from ... MORE EBOOKS:
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