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Title: Native North American Art (Oxford History of Art) by Janet Catherine Berlo, Ruth B. Phillips ISBN: 0-19-284266-8 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: a must-have, for all levels.
Comment: Berlo's and Phillips' erudite, critical voices are a welcome change from the often glossy, sales-driven world of Indian art writing. True to form, they have together crafted a sophisticated and highly readable survey of pre-contact, historic and contemporary Indian art, suitable for undergrads, grads, and the casual layperson. This book fills a HUGE gap, and stakes out a territory that few other scholars would dare venture; between connoisseurship, anthropology, visual culture and criticl theory. It is therefore to be expected that specialists of a particular region might take issue with some of their finer details. But specialist nit-picking misses the larger point of this book: to show how Native tribes across North America continued their cultural traditions despite colonialism and intertribal contact. It is a complex, interwoven history, but Indian art emerges, through this book, as one of the most vital, politically engaged arts in America today. This book sets the standard for Indian Art surveys.
Rating: 5
Summary: superb one-book resource
Comment: one book can only give the reader a brief overview of the wealth of american indian art. the traditional art (i don't acknowledge a split between art and craft) was produced by all the nations, spans pre-historic and historic eras, and has been collected for centuries. the contemporary art is flourishing and much is breathtaking. that being said, this book does a wonderful job of covering such an immense subject.
the only complaint i have is the relative paucity of photos. but i would feel that way if the book were nothing but photos.
Rating: 4
Summary: Difficult to read at first but picks up throughout.
Comment: The book is a bit slow at first and seems to linger on certain topics but the overall images are better than other books on the same topic.
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Title: The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec, Third Edition (World of Art) by Mary Ellen Miller ISBN: 0500203458 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca (World of Art) by Rebecca Stone-Miller ISBN: 0500203636 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Maya (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Michael D. Coe ISBN: 0500280665 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya by Mary Miller, Karl Taube ISBN: 0500279284 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: American Visions : The Epic History of Art in America by Robert Hughes ISBN: 0375703659 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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