Indigenous Art of the Americas

Making a foundational contribution to Mesoamerican studies, this book explores Aztec painted manuscripts and sculptures, as well as indigenous and colonial Spanish texts, to offer the first integrated study of food and ritual in Aztec art.Aztec painted...

"The moment to savor [Mary Sully]. . . has arrived." -New York TimesDakota Sioux artist Mary Sully was the great-granddaughter of respected nineteenth-century portraitist Thomas Sully, who captured the personalities of America's first generation of...

Even ardent fans of Andy Warhol (1928-1987) may be surprised to learn that the artist created a significant body of western work. In fact, Warhol was drawn to the lore and lure of the American West throughout his life. He was heavily influenced by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of BC Book Prize: Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize 2014 (Canada). Short-listed for Gerald Lampert Memorial Award 2014 (Canada).Book InformationISBN 9780889227880Author...

This book traces the fascinating history of how and why ancient Mesoamerican objects have been collected. It begins with the pre-Hispanic antiquities that first entered European collections in the sixteenth century as gifts or seizures, continues through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395061Author Robert E. Stanley Sr.Format PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve...

For thousands of years, Native Americans throughout the Eastern Woodlands and Great Plains used the physical act and visual language of tattooing to construct and reinforce the identity of individuals and their place within society and the cosmos. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786557770399Author Guilherme GiufridaFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo / KMEC BooksPublisher MASP

This engaging exploration of the Maya pantheon introduces readers to the complex stories of Mesoamerican divinity through the stunning carvings, ceramics, and metalwork of the Classic period Focusing on the period between A.D. 250 and 900, Lives of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771621151Author Martine J. ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Douglas & McIntyrePublisher Douglas & McIntyreWeight(grams) 425g

Dive into the life and work of master craftsman Jeronimo Lozano and his extraordinarily detailed retablos. Steeped in ancient Peruvian traditions, these small sculpted figures show religious and secular scenes housed in structures large and small,...

Dempsey Bob: In His Own Voice is based on the first full-scale solo museum exhibition of this extraordinary Tahltan-Tlingit artist, one of the finest living carvers of the Northwest Coast. Drawing from extensive interviews with the artist by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486253411Author Eva WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.

A monumental gathering of more than 60 contemporary artists, photographers, musicians, writers and more, showcasing diverse approaches to Indigenous concepts, forms and mediums - A Wall Street Journal 2023 holiday gift guide pick This landmark volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890136379Author Scott G OrtmanFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico PressWeight(grams)...

A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmark publication presents Native American art within the broader context of American art history, through an...

An innovative survey of Native North American art history which fully incorporates substantive new research and scholarship, and examines such issues as gender, representation, the colonial encounter, and contemporary arts. By encompassing both the...

Native American pottery of the U.S. southwest has long been considered collectible and today can fetch many thousands of dollars per piece. Authors, collectors, and dealers Carol and Allen Hayes provide readers with a concise overview of the pottery of...

A distinctly Indigenous form of landscape representation is emerging among contemporary Indigenous artists from North America. For centuries, landscape painting in European art typically used representational strategies such as single-point perspective...

This timely book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous North America, from those of ancient cultures to the work of modern artists. The text is organized geographically, covering tribes as wide-ranging as the Navajo, Cheyenne, Chumash, Tsimshian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771061226Author Kent MonkmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735441641Author Toby JurovicsFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington PressWeight(grams)...

Frey (Passamaquoddy) is one of the most respected Indigenous basket makers working today. Descended from a long line of basket makers, his work is known for its intricate design and exquisite artistry, which reflect both traditional techniques and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732568440Author Asso Curator of African Art Kathleen Bickford BerzockFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern...

For centuries, women artists of the Wendat First Nation of Wendake in Quebec have created artworks of intricate design and complex meaning in moosehair and quill embroidery. Their work records and transmits ancestral knowledge across generations of...

Presents the diverse work of an Indigenous artist of the Pacific NorthwestJoe Feddersen (b. 1953; Arrow Lakes/Okanagan, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) is an American artist whose work is informed by his relationship to place,...

In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, "Indian stores," dealers, and the U.S. government's Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a widespread...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681342771Author Sam ZimmermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Minnesota Historical Society PressPublisher Minnesota Historical Society...

This multidisciplinary volume follows on the success of Choctaw-Apache Foodways and includes several selections, including history, anthropology, folklore, poems, creative essays, and visual art from both academics and members of the tribe.About the...

The University of New Mexico's Tamarind Institute is a world-renowned center for fine art lithography dedicated to training master printers and providing a professional studio for artists. In ""Migrations"", Tamarind director Marjorie Devon has compiled...

The Northwest Coast of North America has long been recognized as one of the world's canonical art zones. Since the mid-1700s, objects or "art" deriving from the Indigenous cultures of this area have been desired, displayed, and exchanged, classified and...

In Art for an Undivided Earth Jessica L. Horton reveals how the spatial philosophies underlying the American Indian Movement (AIM) were refigured by a generation of artists searching for new places to stand. Upending the assumption that Jimmie Durham,...

An introduction to the textile weavings of southwestern Native Americans, the narrative history and color illustrations trace the development of weaving among the Pueblo, Navajo, and Hopi, and the Spanish colonists who settled in the Rio Grande. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780934351911Author Diana F PardueFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Heard MuseumPublisher The Heard MuseumWeight(grams) 790g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962277795Author Michelle McGeoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 253Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American...

A necessary reexamination of Indigenous mounds, demonstrating their sustained vitality and vibrant futurity by centering Native voices Typically represented as unsolved mysteries or ruins of a tragic past, Indigenous mounds have long been marginalized...

Although Franz Boas--one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century--is best known for his voluminous writings on cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropology, he is also recognized for breaking new ground in the study of...

In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, "Indian stores," dealers, and the U.S. government's Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a widespread...

Winner, 2021 Melva J. Dwyer AwardItee Pootoogook belonged to a new generation of Inuit artists who are transforming and reshaping the creative traditions that were successfully pioneered by their parents and grandparents in the second half of the 20th...