Arts of the Pacific Islands

Name: Arts of the Pacific Islands
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ISBN: 9780300164121

ISBN-10: 0300164122

ISBN-13: 9780300164121

Edition: 2010

Authors: Anne D'Alleva

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In this comprehensive survey of the art of the Pacific Islands, including the Melanesian, Polynesian, Micronesian, and New Guinean traditions, author Anne D'Alleva explains the significance of these artworks by contextualizing them within each island's unique culture and practices. In the process, D'Alleva examines the biases of both artists and Western viewers, telling an important history of both people and ideas through a detailed analysis of sculpture, paintings, textiles, dance, jewelry, and architecture. As these nations faced alternating periods of isolation, colonization, and contact with each other and the West, their forms of art were drastically altered to incorporate foreign…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 0.66" wide x 0.92" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English