Author: Per Stenborg
Publisher: Etnografiska Museet I Goteborg
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Masked Histories
Author: Per Stenborg
Publisher: Etnografiska Museet I Goteborg
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Etnografiska Museet I Goteborg
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Masked Histories
Author: Leah Lui-Chivizhe
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522877966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout the nineteenth century. Displayed as curiosities or art in museums and galleries around the world, the Islander knowledges they held were silenced. Delving into old stories from both Islanders and the foreigners who had travelled to the region, Lui-Chivizhe reanimates the masks with their Islander meaning and purpose and, in so doing, powerfully recreates the past. Masked Histories advances a vivid new history, uncovering the profound importance of the turtle shell masks to all Islanders and revealing much about the people who created them.
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 0522877966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout the nineteenth century. Displayed as curiosities or art in museums and galleries around the world, the Islander knowledges they held were silenced. Delving into old stories from both Islanders and the foreigners who had travelled to the region, Lui-Chivizhe reanimates the masks with their Islander meaning and purpose and, in so doing, powerfully recreates the past. Masked Histories advances a vivid new history, uncovering the profound importance of the turtle shell masks to all Islanders and revealing much about the people who created them.
Inventing Masks
Author: Z. S. Strother
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226777337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Who invents masks, and why? Such questions have rarely been asked, due to stereotypes of anonymous African artists locked into the reproduction of "traditional" models of representation. Rather than accept this view of African art as timeless and unchanging, Z. S. Strother spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture. Her research reveals the rich history and lively contemporary practice of Central Pende masquerade. She describes the intensive collaboration among sculptors and dancers that is crucial to inventing masks. Sculptors revealed that a central theme in their work is the representation of perceived differences between men and women. Far from being unchanging, Pende masquerades promote unceasing innovation within genres and invention of new genres. Inventing Masks demonstrates, through first hand accounts and lavish illustrations, how Central Pende masquerading is a contemporary art form fully responsive to twentieth-century experience. "Its presentation, its exceptionally lively style, the perfection of its illustrations make this a stunning book, perfectly fitting for the study of a performing art and its content is indeed seminal. . . . A breakthrough."—Jan Vansina, African Studies Review
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226777337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Who invents masks, and why? Such questions have rarely been asked, due to stereotypes of anonymous African artists locked into the reproduction of "traditional" models of representation. Rather than accept this view of African art as timeless and unchanging, Z. S. Strother spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture. Her research reveals the rich history and lively contemporary practice of Central Pende masquerade. She describes the intensive collaboration among sculptors and dancers that is crucial to inventing masks. Sculptors revealed that a central theme in their work is the representation of perceived differences between men and women. Far from being unchanging, Pende masquerades promote unceasing innovation within genres and invention of new genres. Inventing Masks demonstrates, through first hand accounts and lavish illustrations, how Central Pende masquerading is a contemporary art form fully responsive to twentieth-century experience. "Its presentation, its exceptionally lively style, the perfection of its illustrations make this a stunning book, perfectly fitting for the study of a performing art and its content is indeed seminal. . . . A breakthrough."—Jan Vansina, African Studies Review
Life Histories of North American Birds
Author: Charles Bendire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
United States naval medical bulletin. v. 12, 1918
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Natural History
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Medical Record
Author: Thomas Lathrop Stedman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 2160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 2160
Book Description
Masks Tell Stories
Author: Carol Gelber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781562942243
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Describes the use of masks in ancient and contemporary societies throughout the world, including masks used in religious ceremonies, holiday celebrations, theatrical performances, and daily life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781562942243
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Describes the use of masks in ancient and contemporary societies throughout the world, including masks used in religious ceremonies, holiday celebrations, theatrical performances, and daily life.
History of the Big Bonanza
Author: Dan De Quille
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The classic book of the discovery and mining of silver and gold on the Comstock Lode by the editor of the Territorial Enterprise.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The classic book of the discovery and mining of silver and gold on the Comstock Lode by the editor of the Territorial Enterprise.
History of the Big Bonanza
Author: William Wright
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Comstock Lode (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description