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Pacific Art in Detail
Jenny Newell
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Description for Pacific Art in Detail
Hardcover. The art of the Pacific Islands is exciting, varied, vibrant and ever-changing. This book draws on colourful examples from the Pacifics major cultural regions: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, beginning with an introduction asking What is Pacific art? Series: Art in Detail. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 682.
The art of the Pacific Islands is exciting, varied, vibrant and ever-changing. Across the great breadth of the Pacific, artists have always employed a wide variety of materials and techniques to create objects for specific purposes. These have been central to the management of land and ocean, of political and spiritual power, and of connections to gods and ancestors. This book focuses on objects from the domestic to the sacred, from the elegantly simple to the sumptuously ornate, and from the historic to the contemporary. The author draws on striking and colourful examples from the Pacific’s major cultural regions: Polynesia, ... Read more
The art of the Pacific Islands is exciting, varied, vibrant and ever-changing. Across the great breadth of the Pacific, artists have always employed a wide variety of materials and techniques to create objects for specific purposes. These have been central to the management of land and ocean, of political and spiritual power, and of connections to gods and ancestors. This book focuses on objects from the domestic to the sacred, from the elegantly simple to the sumptuously ornate, and from the historic to the contemporary. The author draws on striking and colourful examples from the Pacific’s major cultural regions: Polynesia, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Art in Detail
Condition
New
Weight
682g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714125909
SKU
V9780714125909
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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