Item Description
Oceanic Art
by Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Christian Kaufmann, Douglas Nemton
Harry N. Abrams, 1997
ISBN: 0810936933
Hardcover with dust jacket, 10" X 12", 633 pages
The book is in new, unread condition (removed from original shrinkwrap 5-15-08).
From the dust jacket:
The Oceanic world—Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia—is made up of thousands of islands, from the vast territory of New Guinea to a
myriad of tiny coral atolls. The native peoples of these lands have developed civilizations more varied than anywhere else in the world. In most of
these societies, art holds a crucial position in both social and religious life, and encompasses not only architecture, painting, and sculpture, but
also music, dance, prayer, and body decoration. The first major survey of Oceanic arts to be published in more than thirty years, this
comprehensive volume brings together a vast number of important discoveries and the results of several in-depth studies of the subject, both
past and present. Building on contemporary research and the most recent theoretical work, it also provides an introduction for the general reader
through a series of remarkable texts and 900 illustrations, many never before published. A documentary section about the principal cultural
groups of the region provides an essential reference. An excellent map adds further value.
Douglas Newton, former director of the Department of African and Oceanic Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is the world's
foremost authority on the region. He has written the Introduction. Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Curator of Oceanic Ethnology at the National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C., covers Polynesia and Micronesia. Christian Kaufmann, Curator of the Museum fur
Volkerkunde (Museum of Ethnology) in Basel, Switzerland, discusses Melanesia. These top-ranking scholars bring the rich and complex
societies of Oceania vividly to life.
900 illustrations, including 260 plates in full color, gatefold, 1 map
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