Primal Arts Native Indians Eskimos Aborigines

By:

Schneiter, Geoffroy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2008Description: 399 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 22 cmSubject(s):

DDC classification:

709.01103 SCH 23 5170

Contents:

The Tainos Mesoamerica South and Central America North America The Arctic world Epilogue: The consecration of aboriginal art

Summary: Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously unpublished archives with the most significant works from collections around the world, Primal Arts II is the ultimate resource book, providing a comprehensive look at the history and art of lost cultures. Featuring seventeenth-century European engravings, artwork by George Catlin, photographs by Curtis, the Karel Kupka collection of Aboriginal paintings, detailed accounts of Claude Levi-Strauss's expeditions in Amazonia and Paul-Emile Victor's journeys in the Arctic, and the author's original research, this book is the must-have volume for anyone interested in primal arts, archeology, and cultural history.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Marium Abdulla Library Non-Ref	Fine Arts	709.01103 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	5170

Translation of: Arts premiers
Companion volume to: Primal arts: Africa, Oceania and the Southeast Asian islands
Volume designation from book jacket

The Tainos
Mesoamerica
South and Central America
North America
The Arctic world
Epilogue: The consecration of aboriginal art

Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously unpublished archives with the most significant works from collections around the world, Primal Arts II is the ultimate resource book, providing a comprehensive look at the history and art of lost cultures. Featuring seventeenth-century European engravings, artwork by George Catlin, photographs by Curtis, the Karel Kupka collection of Aboriginal paintings, detailed accounts of Claude Levi-Strauss's expeditions in Amazonia and Paul-Emile Victor's journeys in the Arctic, and the author's original research, this book is the must-have volume for anyone interested in primal arts, archeology, and cultural history.

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