LCC
E59 A73 H53 1983
Description
Surveys the basketry, textiles, featherwork, beadwork, pottery, carvings, metalwork, architecture, painting, oral literature, music, and dance of the native peoples of North, Central, and South America. Bibliography: p. [356]-364. Includes index.
Publication
New York: Harper & Row, c1983.
Subjects
Notes
This is a comprehensive one-volume survey of the Indian arts of the Western Hemisphere from pre-columbian times to the present. Beginnng with a general historical and cultural background of the arts of the Indian American by geographical area, Highwater discusses the images, symbols and meanings and techniques of this art as an intrinsic part of daily life, ceremony, religion and history. The book organizes the different arts by medium, with geographical areas included within each medium. Art forms covered include: basketry, textiles, skinwork, featherwork, beadwork, pottery, carving and sculpture, metalwork, mosaics, painting, oral and written literature, music, dance and ritual. Also includes a list of museums and galleries of Indian arts.
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