Art in Oceania: A New History - Rilegato

Brunt, Peter; Thomas, Nicholas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0500239010 ISBN 13: 9780500239018

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Riassunto

The arts of Oceania are astonishing: great statues, daunting tattoos, dynamic carving, dazzling woven and painted fabrics, intricately carved weapons, and a bewildering variety of ornaments, ritual objects, and utilitarian but beautiful things. This landmark book breaks new ground by setting the art of Oceania in its full historical context and capturing an up-to-date understanding of the field. From archaeological findings of prehistoric art to the impact of pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial historical processes, it explores influences such as migration, trade, missionaries, pacification, tourism, nationalism and contemporary market factors, offering abundant new interpretations and addressing significant gaps in other publications. Factors that have been largely neglected until now, including the role of museums, the significance of colonial photography, indigenous modernisms and contemporary Pacific art, are covered alongside the familiar canon. This beautifully illustrated volume will appeal to general readers interested in world art, collectors, university students, scholars and museum professionals in the field.

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Extraordinary ... Pinpointing an incredible variety of Pacific cultures, from the Highlands of New Guinea to settlements in New Zealand, the sheer magnitude of knowledge to which this book extends far surpasses any studies conducted previously ... a truly remarkable collaboration with Oceanic communities. --Aesthetics

Chapters are scholarly but accessible, the photos stunning, the layout impeccable. A feast of a tome. --Times Higher Education

Its illustrations are many, well chosen and sometimes stunning ... the most comprehensive of books. --The Times Literary Supplement

As beautiful in its way as the objects it describes - a 500-page door-stopper, lavishly designed and illustrated with more than 400 colour photographs, edited and written by leading scholars in the field. --The Daily Telegraph

A magisterial, nearly encyclopaedic volume on a so far relatively neglected field that is beginning to attract increasing scholarly and popular interest. This one should be on every art lover's bookshelf. --Loyd Grossman

Coming from Thames & Hudson it goes without saying that the book is well designed, superbly illustrated, with sufficient footnotes to satisfy even the fastidious reader, a sound bibliography and index ... this volume must stand as the authoritative overview of the art of a region of the world that has both a rich history and a lively contemporary art community. --The Burlington Magazine

Coming from Thames & Hudson it goes without saying that the book is well designed, superbly illustrated, with sufficient footnotes to satisfy even the fastidious reader, a sound bibliography and index ... this volume must stand as the authoritative overview of the art of a region of the world that has both a rich history and a lively contemporary art community. --The Burlington Magazine

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500239010
• ISBN 13: 9780500239018
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 528