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Native American art masterpieces / David W. Penney.

Summary:

Native American art is the visual language of an extraordinary people, and its objects and images speak eloquently of a rich history and culture. Native American Art Masterpieces tells the story of that language, from its early origins in the Hopewell period that began in 200 B.C. through to modern-day America, with its powerful images by contemporary Native American artists like Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith and Margaret Tafoya. Forty-eight color reproductions, each.

accompanied by an essay exploring the art's cultural, historical, and ceremonial significance, reveal the deeply rooted traditions and innovative craftsmanship of the Native American aesthetic. In addition to the historic pieces which make up the core of traditional Native American art are works from modern-day masters, the painters and sculptors of the twentieth century. From the turn of the century to the present, Native artists have looked to the past and projected.

into the future in their efforts to identify "Native Indian art," and, as seen here in the works of artists such as George Longfish and Kay Walkingstick, their search has resulted in a body of work that confronts the issue with uncompromising directness.

Record details

ISBN: 0883634961
ISBN: 9780883634967
Physical Description: 119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
Publisher: [New York] : Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Reading the Signs -- Effigy of a Human Hand (Middle Woodland Period) -- Mask with Antlers (Mississippian Period) -- Kneeling Cat Effigy (Late Mississippian or Early Historic Period) -- Hunting Coat (Delaware or Shawnee) -- Ball-Head Club (Iroquois) -- Man's Leggings (Ojibwa) -- Picture of Chicken Dance (Ernest Spybuck) -- Square Hand Drum (Assiniboine or Yanktonai) -- Bull Lodge's War Shield (Gros Ventre) -- Pipe Bowl (Eastern Sioux) -- Split-Horn Bonnet with Trailer (Lakota, Western Sioux) -- Robe with War Exploits (Unknown Plains Tribe) -- Man's Shirt (Cheyenne) -- Woman's Dress (Southern Cheyenne) -- Traveling Bag (Nellie Gates) -- Indians Fighting White Men (Carl Sweezy) -- Beaded Moccasins with Traditional Floral Motif (Eva McAdams) -- Cache of Ritual Figures (Mimbres Culture) -- Black-on-White Bowl (Mimbres Culture) -- Water Jar (Zuni Pueblo) -- Shalako Kachina (Zuni Pueblo) -- Jar (Margaret Tafoya) -- The Emergence of the Clowns (Roxanne Swentzell) -- Serape-Style Wearing Blanket (Navajo) -- Sandpainting Weaving (Navajo) -- Burnt Water Rug (Victoria Keoni) -- Seven Ketohs (Navajo) -- Pendant, Bracelet, and Ring (Sonwai) -- Burden Basket (Evelyn Henry) -- Basketry Jar (Chumash) -- Feather Basket (Pomo) -- Dance Hat (Karok) -- Basket Bowl (Kate McKinney) -- Coiled Basket (Carrie Bethel) -- Ishi and Companion at Iamin Mool (Frank Day) -- Seated Human-Figure Bowl (Marpole Culture) -- Oil Dish (Quinault) -- Hamatsa Crooked Beak Mask (Willie Seaweed) -- Sun Mask (Bella Coola) -- Bent-Corner Chest (Bella Bella) -- Female Figure (Haida) -- Woman's Parka (Caribou Inuit) -- Indian Horse (Jaune Quick-to-See Smith) -- The Things Colonial Angels Witness (Gail Tremblay) -- The End of Innocences (George Longfish) -- Veteran (Ric Glazer-Danay) -- Feather Canoe (Truman Lowe) -- Letting Go: From Chaos to Calm (Kay WalkingStick).