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Pacific Art in Detail

Hardback

Main Details

Title Pacific Art in Detail
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jenny Newell
SeriesArt in Detail
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:144
Dimensions(mm): Height 214,Width 214
Category/GenreArt History
ISBN/Barcode 9780714125909
ClassificationsDewey:709.9
Audience
General
Illustrations 150 Illustrations, color

Publishing Details

Publisher British Museum Press
Imprint British Museum Press
Publication Date 23 May 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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, Melanesia and Micronesia, beginning with an introduction asking 'What is Pacific art?' Each of the beautiful artworks is then explored further through close-ups, allowing intriguing comparisons between seemingly unrelated objects and media. Ideal as a spur to creative inspiration, this beautiful book offers a striking and unusual view of the wide array of Pacific art, evoking the skills of the most accomplished Pacific artists and craftworkers, past and present.

Author Biography

Jennifer Newell was formerly a curator specializing in the Oceanic collections in the British Museum. She is currently a Fellow at the Centre for Historical Research, National Museum of Australia, Canberra.