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Title: Aboriginal Art A&i by Howard Morphy ISBN: 0-7148-3752-0 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: How the Aboriginals Coped
Comment: This book is not your standard art history, by any means. It is the story of how the Aboriginals coped with the European indruders. They had much experience dealing with strange people from overseas but nothing prepared them for their encounter with Europeans. They were at first completely baffled and also almost wiped out. The people of Tasmania were literally completely eliminated--the last native of Tasmania died in the second part of the 19th century.
Using their wits and their art, they were finally able to get through to the Europeans, to make them understand and appreciate the beauty of their whole culture, to gain the Europeans' respect and admiration. Initially dismissed as rude doodlings of savages, Aboriginal art is now esteemed world wide.
The author takes great pains to explain how the Aboriginals' art prevades their whole way of life and how knowing their cultural ways makes understanding their art possible and visa versa. The book is fascinating, beautifully written and structured and its sometimes grim but finally triumphant story makes for wonderful reading. It is hard to put down once you start it. It must be of interest to all sorts of people, not just art lovers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A superb starting point for study.
Comment: Aboriginal art having always been a great influence on my own artwork ......., I looked for weeks to find a book of this caliber. This book by Phaidon press features gorgeous reproductions in full color, history and observations of Aboriginal culture, and art interpretation written in a friendly, engaging manner. If you want to learn more about Aboriginal art, you really couldn't do better than to start here.
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Title: Aboriginal Art (The World of Art) by Wally Caruana ISBN: 0500202648 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: May, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia by Peter Sutton, Christopher Anderson, Philip Jones ISBN: 0807612014 Publisher: George Braziller Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Aboriginal Art of Australia: Exploring Cultural Traditions (Art Around the World) by Carol Finley ISBN: 0822520761 Publisher: Lerner Publications Company Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $23.93 |
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Title: Contemporary Aboriginal Art: A Guide to the Rebirth of an Ancient Culture by Susan McCulloch ISBN: 0824822684 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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Title: Wise Women of the Dreamtime: Aboriginal Tales of the Ancestral Powers by K. Langloh Parker, Joanna Lambert, Johanna Lambert ISBN: 0892814772 Publisher: Inner Traditions Intl Ltd Pub. Date: August, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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