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  title info:
    title: Oceanic art
  name:
    name part: Thomas, Nicholas
    name part: 1960-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2018
    copyright date: 2018
    edition: Second edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 224 pages : chiefly color illustrations, colour map ; 21 cm.
  abstract: The dazzling colors and patterns of the art of the Pacific Islands have long entranced Western audiences, not least artists such as Gauguin and Picasso. The tendency has been to regard Oceanic art as 'primitive,' mysterious and shrouded in taboo, but Nicholas Thomas, in looking at and beyond the familiar, stunning surfaces of masks and shields, carved canoe prows and feathered gods, discovers the significance of such objects, past and present, for the peoples of the Pacific. He shows how each region is characterized by certain art forms and practices, among them Maori ancestral carvings, rituals of exchange and warfare in the Solomon Islands, the production of barkcloth by women in Polynesia, while also being shaped by influences from within the Pacific and beyond. The dynamism and diversity of this compelling art are highlighted by the works accompanying this revelatory text, from those that evoke deep-rooted customs to ones that address contemporary political issues.
  target audience: adult
  note: Nicholas Thomas.
  note: First edition published: 1995.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: po-----
  subject:
    topic: Art
    geographic: Oceania
  subject:
    topic: Art, Pacific Island
  classification: 709.95
  related item:
    title info:
      title: World of art
  identifier: 9780500204405
  identifier: 0500204403
  identifier: 2018932608
  record info:
    record content source: AU@
    record creation date: 180906
    record change date: 20190122134155.0
    record identifier: in00004028985