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Pacific Art in Detail
Hardback
Main Details
Title |
Pacific Art in Detail
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jenny Newell
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Series | Art in Detail |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:144 | Dimensions(mm): Height 214,Width 214 |
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Category/Genre | Art History |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780714125909
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Classifications | Dewey:709.9 |
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Illustrations |
150 Illustrations, color
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
British Museum Press
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Imprint |
British Museum Press
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Publication Date |
23 May 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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.
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