1st Edition

Native Arts Of North America, Africa, And The South Pacific An Introduction

By George A. Corbin Copyright 1988
352 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

This introduction to the art of tribal peoples of North America, Africa, and the South Pacific does not briefly cover the hundreds of artistic traditions in these three vast areas but rather studies in depth thirty-six art styles within all three areas using the methods of art history, including stylistic analysis and iconographic interpretation. Emphasis is on the art in cultural context and as a... Read more
* Introduction * Alaskan Eskimo Art and Art of the Northwest Coast * Art of the Southwestern United States * Art of the Woodlands Period and of the Mississippian Period, and Art of the Great Lakes and Plains * West African Art of Mali, the Ivory Coast, and Ghana * Art of Nigeria * Art of Central Africa * Australian Aboriginal and Island New Guinea Art * Art of Island Melanesia * Art of Polynesia

Biography

George A Corbin