Understanding Northwest coast art : a guide to crests, beings, and symbols / Cheryl Shearar.

Main entry:

Shearar, Cheryl.

Title & Author:

Understanding Northwest coast art : a guide to crests, beings, and symbols / Cheryl Shearar.

Publication:

Description:

143 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-143).
Introduction: The Art and Culture of the Northwest Coast -- Dictionary of Crests, Beings and Symbols -- The Basics of Northwest Coast Art -- Design Conventions -- Design Elements -- Cultural Groups and Art Styles.

Summary:

"Understanding Northwest Coast Art introduces the reader to the artworks produced by the Native cultures of the Northwest Coast, featuring a dictionary-style reference guide to the symbols, crests and beings depicted in works of art; brief descriptions of design conventions, design elements and the different art styles of Northwest Coast cultural groups; an explanation of the interconnections between art, myth and ceremony in the life of the culture; and 65 reproductions of contemporary artworks, archival photos and design elements to aid identification of subjects and themes."--Jacket

ISBN:

0295979739 (alk. paper)
9780295979731 (alk. paper)
(Douglas & McIntyre ; pbk.)
1550547828
(Douglas & McIntyre ; pbk.)
9781550547825

Subject:

Indian art Northwest Coast of North America Dictionaries.
Indians of North America Material culture Northwest Coast of North America Dictionaries.
Indian art North America Dictionaries.
Symbolism in art Dictionaries.
Art des Peuples autochtones Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) Thèmes, motifs.
Indian art.
Indians of North America Material culture.
Symbolism in art.
Kunst
Indigenous art Northwest Coast of North America Dictionaries.
Indigenous peoples Material culture Northwest Coast of North America Dictionaries.
Indigenous art North America Dictionaries.
Symbolism in art North America Dictionaries.
North America.
North America Northwest Coast of North America.
Nordwestküstenindianer.
Indigenous art Canada Dictionaries.
Indigenous peoples Material culture Canada Dictionaries.
Symbolism in art Canada. Dictionaries.

Form/genre:

Dictionaries.
dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285212
Call No.: BIB 224554
Copy: pbk.
Status: Available

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