Art of Native America : the Charles and Valerie Diker collection

Torrence, Gaylord (author,, curator.). Blackhawk, Ned, (contributor.). Yount, Sylvia, (contributor.). Foreman, Kamilah, (editor.). Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (current owner,, publisher,, host institution.).

Summary: A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history. This landmark publication presents Native American art within the broader context of American art history, through an examination of notable works from a major private collection. The insightful texts provide a new evaluation of the art, culture, and daily life of numerous North American tribes, including Acoma, Apache, Cheyenne, Creek, Crow, Hopi-Twea, Kiowa, Lakota, Pomo, Seneca, Seminole, Tlingit, and Zuni, among others. The works featured in this lavish volume span centuries, from the period prior to contact with European settlers through the early 20th century, and represent the extensive artistic achievements of culturally distinct indigenous peoples. Both known and unrecorded makers' innovative visions are manifest in a wide variety of aesthetic forms and media-from painting, sculpture, and drawing to costume, ceramics, and baskets. Challenging traditional presentations of American Indian art, this publication situates and analyzes them alongside other North American artistic practices. Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Record details

ISBN: 9781588396624
ISBN: 1588396622
Physical Description: print
231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Publisher: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Distributor: New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of the exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 4, 2018-October 6, 2019.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Entangled narratives: encountering Native American art in the American Wing / Sylvia Yount -- Venerable objects, their creators and cultures / Gaylord Torrence -- The radical potential of America's indigenous art history / Ned Blackhawk -- Plates; Woodlands; Plains; Plateau; California and Great Basin; Southwest; Northwest Coast; Arctic.