Transforming Image : Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations

Name: Transforming Image : Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations
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ISBN: 9780295987088

ISBN-10: 0295987081

ISBN-13: 9780295987088

Edition: 2007

Authors: Bill McLennan, Karen Duffek

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Struck by the dynamic character of a nineteenth-century Northwest Coast painted chest that he had walked past many times at the museum where he worked, Bill McLennan decided to photograph it for closer study. Infrared film produced surprising results. Painted areas that had been obscured with a patina of oils and soot could now be clearly seen, as the complete painting emerged from beneath the weathered surface. With this find, the Image Recovery Project was born, whose object was to produce a database of infrared photographs of historical Northwest Coast paintings. The Transforming Image brings together some of the most intriguing images, many revealed for the first time since the objects…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Perfect
Pages: 291
Size: 11.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English