The Continuum encyclopedia of native art :worldview, symbolism, and culture in Africa, Oceania, and native North America
- 作者: Werness, Hope B.
- 其他作者: Benedict, Joanne H. , Ramsay-Lozano, Tiffany. , Werness, Hope B. , Thomas, Scott.
- 出版: New York : Continuum c2000.
- 稽核項: ix, 360 p. :some col., maps ;26 cm
- 標題: Social life and customs , Oceania , Art , Indians of North America , Indian art North America -- Encyclopedias. , Africa , Indian art , Oceania Social life and customs -- Encyclopedias. , Symbolism in art North America -- Encyclopedias. , Symbolism in art , Indians of North America Social life and customs -- Encyclopedias. , Art, African , Art, African Encyclopedias. , Africa Social life and customs -- Encyclopedias. , Symbolism in art Encyclopedias. , Art Oceania -- Encyclopedias.
- ISBN: 0826411568 , 9780826411563
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-350) and index. Africa -- Arctic and Subarctic, Northwest Coast -- California -- Cental Africa -- Eastern and Southern Africa -- The Guinea Coast -- New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Admirality Islands, New Ireland, New Britain -- Northwest Coast -- Oceania -- Plains and Plateau -- The Southwest -- North Africa and the Sudan -- Western Africa and the Guinea Coast -- Woodlands.
- 摘要: "This volume focuses on the symbols, meaning, and significance of art in native, or indigenous, cultures. Illustrated with more than 500 line drawings, color plates, and maps, this reference work provides the most pertinent information available on the art of Africa, Oceania, and native North America." "Entries on each geographical area discuss the art of the region and, through cross-references, lead the reader to additional geographical subdivisions and individual cultures. The major art forms for each culture - including worldview, religion, and society - are treated in detail." "Broad subjects, such as rites of passage, are treated in the general entries. These entries address universal motifs and themes such as the center, the layered universe, the four/six directions, and architecture as a symbol of the cosmos. Other major issues included here are color, the role of animals in art, color symbolism, and the symbolism of the various parts of the human body. This reference also details the reciprocal impact of colonization on native art and native art on modern Western art."--Jacket.
- 系統號: 005336406
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This lavishly produced volume is the first reference work to focus on the symbols, meaning, and significance of art in native, or indigenous, cultures. Written in clear, accessible, jargon-free language and illustrated with more than 520 line drawings, color plates, and maps, this major reference work provides the most pertinent information available on the art of Africa, Oceania, and native North America.Many reference works treat symbolism and iconography in Western art and culture yet, until now, little attention has been pain to these rich artisitc traditions. Entries on each geographical area discuss the art of region and, through cross-references, lead the reader to additional geographical subdivisions and individual cultures. The major art forms for each culture-including worldview, religion, and society-are treated in detail.Broad subjects, such as rites of passages, are treated in the general entries. These entries address universal motifs and themes such as the center, the layered universe, the four/six directions, and architecture as symbol of the cosmos. Other major issues included here are the role of animals in art, color symbolism, and the symbolism of the various parts of the human body. This valuable reference also details the reciprocal impact of colonization on native art on modern Western art.
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