Shields of Melanesia
Author: Oceanic Art Society
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781863331968
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Illustrates over types of shields from all cultural areas of Melanesia that used such objects.
Author: Oceanic Art Society
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781863331968
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Illustrates over types of shields from all cultural areas of Melanesia that used such objects.
Author: Andrew Tavarelli
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Protection, Power and Display focuses on the shields of Indonesia, the Philippines and Melanesia and will present sixty of the finest examples available. The works, which date from the nineteenth through the early-twentieth centuries, were made for use in either combat or ceremony within the tribal cultures. These works have been selected from public and private collections in the United States. The majority of the shields have never been exhibited. The exhibition provides a rare opportunity to celebrate and appreciate aspects of these visual cultures present in societies which are undergoing rapid transformation. The catalogue reproduces the shields in black and white and color photography, with accompanying texts by scholars of anthropology, art history and ethnography." --Publisher.
Author: Harry Beran
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781863332231
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Nathaniel Evans
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 9781733007818
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Nathaniel Evans
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781733007818
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bill Evans (collectionneur et marchand d'art)
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the course of its development, Bill Evans identified 140 previously unpublished shields in public and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia, and they are reproduced in these volumes as full-page plates with details and supporting field photos. Informative essays by experts in specific fields go in depth, casting additional light onto their particular subjects, which range from dance shields of Java and Bali to war shields from Borneo, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Contributors include Andrew Tavarelli, who provides a general introduction; Steven Alpert writing on the Dayak; Harry Beran, Barry Craig and Natalie Wilson writing on various aspects of Papua New Guinea; Robyn Maxwell on the legacy of the Majapahit; and Kevin Conru on the Solomon Islands. These two richly illustrated volumes will be a benefit to any library, whether specialized or general.
Author: Hope B. Werness
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780826414656
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This lavishly produced voulume is the first reference work to focus on the symbols, meaning, and significance of art in native, or indigenous, cultures.
Author: Susan Cochrane
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2014-11-10
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1443871001
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume investigates Pacific collections held in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, and the diverse group of 19th and 20th century collectors responsible for their acquisition. The nineteen essays reveal varied personal and institutional motivations that eventually led to the conservation, preservation and exhibition in Australia of a remarkable archive of Pacific Island material objects, art and crafts, photographs and documents. Hunting the Collectors benchmarks the importance of Pacific Collections in Australia and is a timely contribution to the worldwide renaissance of interest in Oceanic arts and cultures. The essays suggest that the custodial role is not fixed and immutable but fluctuates with the perceived importance of the collection, which in turn fluctuates with the level of national interest in the Pacific neighbourhood. This cyclical rise and fall of Australian interest in the Pacific Islands means many of the valuable early collections in state and later national repositories and institutions have been rarely exhibited or published. But, as the authors note, enthusiastic museum anthropologists, curators, collection managers and university-based scholars across Australia, and worldwide, have persisted with research on material collected in the Pacific. This volume is a very important one for anyone studying the art and material culture of the Pacific. It focuses on collections now in Australia. Even those well versed in museum collections from the Pacific will learn about many important but little-known collectors as well as better-known figures like the anthropologists F. E. Williams and Thomas Farrell, the husband of Queen Emma. This will be a treat for students and specialist alike. —Professor Robert L. Welsch, University of Dartmouth
Author: Annie E. Coombes
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-11-17
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 1119796598
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →MUSEUM TRANSFORMATIONS DECOLONIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION Edited By ANNIE E. COOMBES AND RUTH B. PHILLIPS Museum Transformations: Decolonization and Democratization addresses contemporary approaches to decolonization, greater democratization, and revisionist narratives in museum exhibition and program development around the world. The text explores how museums of art, history, and ethnography responded to deconstructive critiques from activists and poststructuralist and postcolonial theorists, and provided models for change to other types of museums and heritage sites. The volume's first set of essays discuss the role of the museum in the narration of difficult histories, and how altering the social attitudes and political structures that enable oppression requires the recognition of past histories of political and racial oppression and colonization in museums. Subsequent essays consider the museum's new roles in social action and discuss experimental projects that work to change power dynamics within institutions and leverage digital technology and new media.