ISBN:
9780806130613
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 203 S.
,
zahlr. Ill.
Edition:
1. ed
Series Statement:
Charles M. Russell Center series in art and photography of the American West 8
DDC:
704.03/97078
Keywords:
Ewers, John C
;
Indians of North America Social life and customs
;
Animals in art
;
Indian painting
;
Picture-writing
;
Carving (Decorative arts)
;
Indian art
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Ewers, John C. 1909-1997
;
Plainsindianer
;
Kunst
Description / Table of Contents:
A century of Plains Indian art studies -- Plains Indian painting : the history and development of an American art form -- Images of the white man in nineteenth-century Plains Indian art -- The emergence of the named Indian artist in the American West -- Notes on the weasel in historic Plains Indian culture -- The awesome bear in Plains Indian art -- Water monsters in Plains Indian art -- Spanish cattle in Plains Indian art -- A century and a half of Blackfeet picture writing -- A unique pictorial interpretation of Blackfoot Indian religion in 1846/1847 -- Pipes for the presidents -- Three effigy pipes by an Eastern Dakota master carver -- Assiniboin Antelope-horn headdresses -- Artists' choices -- Plains Indian artists and anthropologists : a fruitful collaboration.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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