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Title: Mythic Beings: Spirit Art of the Northwest Coast by Gary Wyatt ISBN: 0-295-97798-1 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mythic Beings : Spirit Art of the Northwest Coast
Comment: Great color photos and and discriptions of the carvings and artwork. I would definatly recommend this to anyone that is interested in Northwest Coast art.
Rating: 5
Summary: A welcome addition to Native American art/culture studies.
Comment: Profusely illustrated with brilliant, full color photography, Gary Wyatt's Mythic Beings: Spirit Art Of The Northwest Coast is a superb introduction to aboriginal art including totems, wood sculpture, masks, stone carvings and more. Wyatt's informative text is an outstanding survey placing each art piece within their cultural context, enhanced with the artist's own descriptions and commentaries. Mythic Beings is a very welcome addition to personal, academic, and professional Native American art and cultural reference collections.
Rating: 5
Summary: Impressive Book on Northwest Coast Art
Comment: Mythic Beings is an unassuming but impressive book. The major organizing theme is that spirit art captures the rich cultural and aesthetic traditions that permeate regional artistic expression. Northwest Coast art can be intimidating because it has a complex cosmology and iconography. Wyatt, however, makes this complexity accessible by using two underlying principles. The universe consists of separate but interrelated realms (e.g., sky, underwater), and each realm has its characteristic real and mythical creatures. Mythical creatures have distinctive physical representations used in both sacred and secular representations.
Mythic Beings features 75 beautifully reproduced photographs of masks, robes, and rattles representing the work of 34 artists. Each artist provides a commentary about his/her piece. This provides an opportunity to become familiar with the physical depiction and mythological roles of the creatures depicted by the artists.
Mythic Beings is a gem. It is a wonderful gift book for anyone interested in indigenous art and First Nations peoples.
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Title: Spirit Faces: Contemporary Masks of the Northwest Coast by Gary Wyatt ISBN: 0295977582 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Looking at Totem Poles by Hilary Stewart, Norman Tait ISBN: 0295972599 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.17 |
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Title: Understanding Northwest Coast Art: A Guide to Crests, Beings, and Symbols by Cheryl Shearar ISBN: 0295979739 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form by Bill Holm ISBN: 0295951028 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.25 |
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Title: Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart ISBN: 0295956453 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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