Indigenous beauty : masterworks of American Indian art from the Diker collection / David W. Penney; with contributions by Janet Catherine Berlo...

Englisch

New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli Publ., 2015

191 S. : zahlr. Ill. ; 27 cm

Ausstellungskatalog (2015, Seatlle, Wash.)

Literaturverz. S. 186 - 187

Accompanies an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum, February 12 - May 17, 2015; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, July 5 - Sept. 13, 2015; Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, October 8, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Toledo Museum of Art, February 14 - May 11, 2016; organized by the American Federation of Arts

978-0-8478-4523-1 Skira Rizzoli hardcover

978-1-885444-44-8 AFA paperback

1-885444-44-3 AFA paperback

0-8478-4523-0

*The Diker Collection / Indianer / Kunst

*Diker, Charles -- Art collections -- Exhibitions ; Diker, Valerie -- Art collections -- Exhibitions ; Indian art -- North America -- Exhibitions ; Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Exhibitions

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: E98.A7

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 709.11;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation:

Accompanying a major exhibition, this stunning volume serves as an introduction to North American Indian art and a rare opportunity to see this comprehensive and superb private collection. A glorious testament to the infinite beauty, diversity, and historical significance of Native American culture, this book presents outstanding examples of art made by tribes across the North American continent. This aesthetically rich and inclusive collection offers a broad view of American Indian art, including sculpture from the Northwest Coast; ancient ivories from the Bering Strait region; Yup'ik and Alutiiq masks from the Western Arctic; Katsina dolls from the Southwest Pueblos; Southwest pottery; sculptural objects from the Eastern Woodlands; Eastern regalia; Plains regalia and pictographic arts; and Western baskets. David Penney's introduction and texts by other renowned experts offer insight into the visual and material diversity of the collection, providing a greater understanding of the social and cultural worlds from which these works came. This magnificent survey is both an invaluable resource and a visual pleasure

Accompanying a major exhibition, this stunning volume serves as an introduction to North American Indian art and a rare opportunity to see this comprehensive and superb private collection. A glorious testament to the infinite beauty, diversity, and historical significance of Native American culture, this book presents outstanding examples of art made by tribes across the North American continent. This aesthetically rich and inclusive collection offers a broad view of American Indian art, including sculpture from the Northwest Coast; ancient ivories from the Bering Strait region; Yup'ik and Alutiiq masks from the Western Arctic; Katsina dolls from the Southwest Pueblos; Southwest pottery; sculptural objects from the Eastern Woodlands; Eastern regalia; Plains regalia and pictographic arts; and Western baskets. David Penney's introduction and texts by other renowned experts offer insight into the visual and material diversity of the collection, providing a greater understanding of the social and cultural worlds from which these works came. This magnificent survey is both an invaluable resource and a visual pleasure

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Derzeitiger Standort: Ethnologisches Museum

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