Exploring the Visual Art of Oceania
Author : Sidney M. Mead
Publisher : Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 10,91 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Art
ISBN :
Discovering Oceanic Art
Author : Tony Haruch
Publisher : Davis Publications
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
LEVEL: Key Stage 4 onwards. Oceania is a vast Pacific region including hundreds of islands and the many diverse peoples who inhabit them. The art of these cultures is equally diverse, yet this resource manages to detail fifteen examples that represent many key characteristics and spotlight their artistic contributions. Students begin each examination with a profile of the artist or the skills involved, before exploring the piece's function and its meaning in the artist's community. Classroom connections, study sheets and additional resources extend student thinking toward a broadened understanding of Oceanic art.
Oceania
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 1588392384
Book Description
Includes detailed chapters devoted to each of the five major cultural regions of the Pacific: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the islands of Southeast Asia.
Art and Performance in Oceania
Author : Barry Craig
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780824822835
Book Description
The Fifth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association, titled "Art, Performance, and Society," called for papers in sessions dealing with "Production and Performance," "Social and Cultural Context," "The Record and the Remainder," and "The Mission of Museums." In all, some sixty papers were presented, twenty-four of which have been included in this book. The first two topics elicited several papers that explored the creative process, including the description and analysis of performance, and the taxonomy of objects used, the transmission of cultural knowledge, and the identity and work of individual artists. The second two topics provided the opportunity for papers on some significant early museum collectors and collections, various methods of documenting cultural material (such as photography), how cultural material has been and can be exhibited, and the role of museums and cultural centers in Pacific Island countries.
How to Read Oceanic Art
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300204299
Book Description
An engaging explanation of Oceanic art and an important gateway to wider appreciation of Oceanic heritage and visual culture
Oceania: The Shape of Time
Author : Maia Nuku
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 1588397661
Book Description
The visual arts of Oceania tell a wealth of dynamic stories about origins, ancestral power, performance, and initiation. This publication explores the deeply rooted connections between Austronesian-speaking peoples, whose ancestral homelands span Island Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the island archipelagoes of the northern and eastern Pacific. Unlike previous books, it foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, alongside multidisciplinary research in art history, ethnography, and archaeology, to provide an intimate look at Oceania, its art, and its culture. Stunning new photography highlights more than 130 magnificent objects, ranging from elaborately carved ancestral figures in ceremonial houses, towering slit drums, and dazzling turtle-shell masks to polished whale ivory breastplates. Underscoring the powerful interplay between the ocean and its islands, and the ongoing connection with spiritual and ancestral realms, Oceania: The Shape of Time presents an art-focused approach to life and culture while guiding readers through the artistic achievements of Islanders across millennia.
Art in Oceania
Author : Sean Mallon
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500239018
Book Description
Masks and figural sculptures are the most familiar examples of the visual culture of Oceania, yet they provide only a glimpse of the fascinating art of this expansive and diverse region. The artisans of the Pacific Islands have produced objects ranging from stained and beaten fabric, rock engravings, and woven containers to tattooed and painted bodies, drawings on sand and paper, and contemporary installation art. This sweeping survey looks at the full range of objects created over several millennia, spanning the settlement of Oceania in the prehistoric period to the present day.
Oceanic Art and European Museums
Author : Lucie Carreau
Publisher : Pacific Presences
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9789088905902
Book Description
This book (vol. 1 of 2) not only enlarges understanding of Oceanic art history and Oceanic collections in important ways, but also enables new reflections upon museums and ways of undertaking work in and around them.
Arts of Oceania
Author : Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Publisher :
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 12,90 MB
Release : 1970*
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
Pacific Art
Author : Anita Herle
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780824825560
Book Description
Contributors explore the complex relations among Pacific artists, patrons, collectors, and museums over time, as well as the different meanings given to art objects by each.
