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Haida Art

Categorie	Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer	#398964-LA2
Titel	Haida Art
Auteur	MacDonald, George F.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Seattle : University of Washington Press
Jaar van uitgave	1996
ISBN10	029597561X
ISBN13	9780295975610
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting	For centuries the Haida lived on the Queen Charlotte Islands, a remote archipelago off the Northwest Coast of North America. Art, myth and ceremony were an integral part of their lives, and over time they developed a rich, distinctive and powerful style of sculpture and painting. By the time the first Europeans landed on the shores of their homeland, Haida art had attained a refined and noble sophistication of style to display complex myths of creation and transformation. This superb volume, the definitive book on Haida art, presents the most treasured works in what is considered the world's best collection, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. It is richly illustrated with 90 full-color photos of artworks (such as masks, pipes, rattles and other ceremonial objects), and 95 black-and-wh... (Lees verder)ite photographs of artworks and rare historical images that provide glimpses into the past. The descriptive text by George MacDonald, author of the classic Haida Monumental Art, provides an informed overview of Haida art in a historical, cultural and cosmological context.
Pagina's	242
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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