Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago

Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago
Title Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago PDF eBook
Author Richard F. Townsend
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 397
Release 2016-06-28
Genre Art
ISBN 0300214839

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A stunning survey of the indigenous art, architecture, and spiritual beliefs of the Americas, from the Precolumbian era to the 20th century This landmark publication catalogues the Art Institute of Chicago’s outstanding collection of Indian art of the Americas, one of the foremost of its kind in the United States. Showcasing a host of previously unpublished objects dating from the Precolumbian era to the 20th century, the book marks the first time these holdings have been comprehensively documented. Richard Townsend and Elizabeth Pope weave an overarching narrative that ranges from the Midwestern United States to the Yucatán Peninsula to the heart of South America. While exploring artists’ myriad economic, historical, linguistic, and social backgrounds, the authors demonstrate that they shared both a deep, underlying cosmological view and the desire to secure their communities’ prosperity by affirming connections to the sacred forces of the natural world. The critical essays focus on topics that bridge traditions across North, Central, and South America, including materials, methods of manufacture, the diversity of stylistic features, and the iconography and functions of various objects. Gorgeously illustrated in color with more than 500 vibrant images, this handsome catalogue serves as the definitive survey of an unparalleled collection.

Our America

Our America
Title Our America PDF eBook
Author Smithsonian American Art Museum
Publisher Giles
Pages 374
Release 2014
Genre Art
ISBN

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Explores how one group of Latin American artists express their relationship to American art, history and culture.

Deep South

Deep South
Title Deep South PDF eBook
Author Sally Mann
Publisher Bulfinch
Pages 120
Release 2005-09-28
Genre Photography
ISBN 9780821228760

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Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand

Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Title Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand PDF eBook
Author Richard F. Townsend
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 287
Release 2004
Genre Art
ISBN 9780300104677

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Along the Ohio, Tennessee, and Mississippi Rivers, the archaeological remains of earthen pyramids, plazas, large communities, and works of art and artifacts testify to Native American civilizations that thrived there between 3000 B.C. and A.D. 1500. This fascinating book presents exciting new information on the art and cultures of these ancient peoples and features hundreds of gorgeous photographs of important artworks, artifacts, and ritual objects excavated from Amerindian archaeological sites. Drawing on excavation findings and extensive research, the contributors to the book document a succession of distinct ancient populations in the pre-Columbian world of the American Midwest and Southeast. A team of interdisciplinary scholars examines the connections between archaeological remains of different regions and the themes, forms, and rituals that continue in specific tribes of today. The book also includes the personal reflections of contemporary Native Americans who discuss their perspectives on the significance of the fascinating and beautiful prehistoric artifacts as well as their own cultural practices today.

Art for a New Understanding

Art for a New Understanding
Title Art for a New Understanding PDF eBook
Author Mindy N. Besaw
Publisher University of Arkansas Press
Pages 225
Release 2018-10-24
Genre Art
ISBN 1682260801

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Art for a New Understanding, an exhibition from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art that opened in October 2018, seeks to radically expand and reposition the narrative of American art since 1950 by charting a history of the development of contemporary Indigenous art from the United States and Canada, beginning when artists moved from more regionally-based conversations and practices to national and international contemporary art contexts. This fully illustrated volume includes essays by art historians and historians and reflections by the artists included in the collection. Also included are key contemporary writings—from the 1950s onward—by artists, scholars, and critics, investigating the themes of transculturalism and pan-Indian identity, traditional practices conducted in radically new ways, displacement, forced migration, shadow histories, the role of personal mythologies as a means to reimagine the future, and much more. As both a survey of the development of Indigenous art from the 1950s to the present and a consideration of Native artists within contemporary art more broadly, Art for a New Understanding expands the definition of American art and sets the tone for future considerations of the subject. It is an essential publication for any institution or individual with an interest in contemporary Native American art, and an invaluable resource in ongoing scholarly considerations of the American contemporary art landscape at large.

Earth Now

Earth Now
Title Earth Now PDF eBook
Author Katherine Ware
Publisher
Pages 196
Release 2011
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Presents delicious and easy to prepare recipes and dishes from the northern region of Mexico.

The Ancient Americas

The Ancient Americas
Title The Ancient Americas PDF eBook
Author Richard F. Townsend
Publisher Prestel Pub
Pages 397
Release 1992
Genre Art
ISBN 9783791311883

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A lavishly illustrated catalog of a traveling exhibition marking the Columbus quincentennial explores the common threads in fourteen pre-Columbian cultures, from the Olmec, Maya and Aztec of Mexico and Guatemala through the Chavin culture (900-200 B.C.) of the Andes to the Moche, Chimu and the Inca empire, accompanied by essays from 26 scholars examining sacred geographies, myths and ancient beliefs as they are transmitted through visual arts and architecture.