Nicholas Thomas

Oceanic Art

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new edition of this concise but authoritative survey of the diverse, dazzling and compelling art of Oceania in all its forms, past and present.

Produktdetails

• World of Art
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Second edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780500204405
• ISBN-10: 0500204403
• Artikelnr.: 51256117

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Thomas is Professor of Historical Anthropology, University of Cambridge. Among his previous books are Oceanic Art in the World of Art series and Islanders: the Pacific in the Age of Empire, which won the Wolfson History Prize in 2010.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction . 1. Revelations . 2. Ancestors and Architecture . 3. The Art of War . 4. The Art of the Body . 5. Mothers and Male Cults . 6. Barkcloth
Exchange
Sanctity . 7. Feathers
Divinity
Power . 8. Narrative Art and Tourism . 9. Decolonization and Diaspora . 10. Globalization and contemporary art