The Totem Pole Indians of the Northwest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Totem Pole Indians of the Northwest write by Don E. Beyer. This book was released on 1991. The Totem Pole Indians of the Northwest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Describes the lifestyle and culture of the totem pole Indians of the Pacific Northwest.
Art of the Totem
Art of the Totem - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art of the Totem write by Marius Barbeau. This book was released on 2006. Art of the Totem available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores the history, development, and significance of the totem pole art of the Northwest Coast.
Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast write by Edward Malin. This book was released on 1994. Totem Poles of the Pacific Northwest Coast available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This survey of totem poles from the Tlingit settlements of Alaska to the Kwakiutl villages of Vancouver Island examines the traditions that led to their creation. It includes both the author's vivid drawings of totem poles and historical photographs of early native settlements.
Northwest Coast Indian Art
Northwest Coast Indian Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Northwest Coast Indian Art write by Bill Holm. This book was released on 2014-12-01. Northwest Coast Indian Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book. The masterworks of Northwest Coast Native artists are admired today as among the great achievements of the world’s artists. The painted and carved wooden screens, chests and boxes, rattles, crest hats, and other artworks display the complex and sophisticated northern Northwest Coast style of art that is the visual language used to illustrate inherited crests and tell family stories. In the 1950s Bill Holm, a graduate student of Dr. Erna Gunther, former Director of the Burke Museum, began a systematic study of northern Northwest Coast art. In 1965, after studying hundreds of bentwood boxes and chests, he published Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form. This book is a foundational reference on northern Northwest Coast Native art. Through his careful studies, Bill Holm described this visual language using new terminology that has become part of the established vocabulary that allows us to talk about works like these and understand changes in style both through time and between individual artists’ styles. Holm examines how these pieces, although varied in origin, material, size, and purpose, are related to a surprising degree in the organization and form of their two-dimensional surface decoration. The author presents an incisive analysis of the use of color, line, and texture; the organization of space; and such typical forms as ovoids, eyelids, U forms, and hands and feet. The evidence upon which he bases his conclusions constitutes a repository of valuable information for all succeeding researchers in the field. Replaces ISBN 9780295951027
The Totem Pole
The Totem Pole - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Totem Pole write by Aldona Jonaitis. This book was released on 2010. The Totem Pole available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Writing a poem is like trying to describe a totemic column which passes right through and beyond the world. We see it, but its existence is elsewhere." --Stanley Diamond, Totems--The Northwest Coast totem pole captivates the imagination. From the first descriptions of these tall carved monuments, totem poles have become central icons of the Northwest Coast region and symbols of its Native inhabitants. Although many of those who gaze at these carvings assume that they are ancient artifacts, the so-called totem pole is a relatively recent artistic development, one that has become immensely important to Northwest Coast people and has simultaneously gained a common place in popular culture from fashion to the funny pages.--The Totem Pole reconstructs the intercultural history of the art form in its myriad manifestations from the eighteenth century to the present. Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass analyze the totem pole's continual transformation since Europeans first arrived on the scene, investigate its various functions in different contexts, and address the significant influence of colonialism on the proliferation and distribution of carved poles. The authors also describe their theories on the development of the art form: its spread from the Northwest Coast to world's fairs and global theme parks; its integration with the history of tourism and its transformation into a signifier of place; the role of governments, museums, and anthropologists in collecting and restoring poles; and the part that these carvings have continuously played in Native struggles for control of their cultures and their lands.--Short essays by scholars and artists, including Robert Davidson, Bill Holm, Richard Hunt, Nathan Jackson, Vickie Jensen, Andrea Laforet, Susan Point, Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Lyle Wilson, and Robin Wright, provide specific case studies of many of the topics discussed, directly illustrating the various relationships that people have with the totem pole.--Aldona Jonaitis is director emerita of the University of Alaska Museum of the North and professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. An art historian who has published widely on Native American art, she is the author of Art of the Northwest Coast and Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum, among other titles. --Aaron Glass is an assistant professor at the Bard Graduate Center in New York City, where he teaches anthropology of art, museums, and material culture. He has published on visual art, media, and performance among First Nations on the Northwest Coast and has produced the documentary film In Search of the Hamat'sa: A Tale of Headhunting.
