Presents two centuries of powerful, striking masks made by First Nations artists on the Pacific Northwest Coast. Some depict animals and supernatural creatures while others are human face masks representing ancestral spirits which descend from the heavens. The opening essay provides a look into the meaning and potency of masks from the viewpoint of a Native person, and the text surveys the four dimensions of the cosmos as perceived by the Native peoples of the Northwest Coast as well as underlying issues of aesthetics, art produced for sale, continuity and change, and the relations of artists to the market. Beautifully illustrated with 61 color and about 100 b&amp;w photographs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Down from the Shimmering Sky: Masks of the Northwest Coast

Arts & Photography

JOSEPH, Robert

Grenville, Bruce

MacNair, Peter

Vancouver Art Gallery

History & Criticism

Univ of Washington Pr

The core of this powerful assemblage is an exploration of the extraordinary achievement of Haida art, as art. Interwoven throughout the text and the finely reproduced images is a skillful intermingling of key themes: the defining myths of origins; the structures of ownership and privilege; the relationship of the people to the land; the influence of the early master-carvers; the monumental achievements of Charles Edenshaw, Bill Reid, Robert Davidson, and many others; the Haida and colonialism; and hybrid tendencies in contemporary Haida art. From oral histories and genealogies to the breakout aesthetics of contemporary Haida work in many media, this book celebrates a great art in a contemporary context.

Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Art

Jones, Marianne

Augaitis, Daina

University of Washington Press

Peter Macnair and Alan Hoover recount the history of Haida argillite carving since it began in the early 1800s, and they describe more than 200 examples from the extensive collection of the Royal BC Museum. Argillite is a dense, black shale mined from a quarry on Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), reserved for the exclusive use of Haida carvers. Argillite works are unique in style and character, ranging from ceremonial pipes and model poles to elaborate platters and chests. "The careful scholarship of Peter Macnair and Alan Hoover has ensured that The Magic Leaves remains an authoritative text on the types, subjects and history of argillite carving. Argillite carvings made for the souvenir, ethnographic and fine-art markets maintained and developed Indigenous stylistic and narrative traditions. The beautiful black slate of Haida Gwaii continues to be a vehicle for profound expressions of Haida history and artistic innovation." – Dr. Martha Black, from the Foreword.

The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving

Hoover, Alan L.

The Royal British Columbia Museum

A classic book on Native American art and culture is back in print, in a new edition that includes updates to the artists' biographies and Native American names. The Legacy is so much more than an elegant art book. It is a delightful and informative guide to the continuing Native American artistic traditions. A spectacular selection of color photographs displays the work of 39 artists, and the authors present a detailed analysis of the culture that inspired their work. The authors also discuss the social function of the artists' work, and the different styles, techniques, and materials used to create them. Since it first appeared in print in 1984, The Legacy has been reprinted a dozen times and sold more than 25,000 copies. This enduring tribute to contemporary Northwest Coast Native American art is an important guide for both scholar and novice.

The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art

Neary, Kevin

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Argyllshire and Buteshire by Peter MacNair was first published in 1914. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the area.

Argyllshire and Buteshire (Cambridge County Geographies)

History

Cambridge University Press

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. Aimed at the general reader, they combined a comprehensive approach to various aspects of physical and human geography with an emphasis on clarity. This guide to Perthshire by Peter MacNair was first published in 1912. The text is interspersed with numerous illustrative figures and also contains a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.

Perthshire (Cambridge County Geographies)

History of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 1858-1908, With Biographical Notices of Prominent Members

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)

World

BiblioLife

Argyllshire and Buteshire

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Down from the Shimmering Sky: Masks of the Northwest Coast

Raven Travelling: Two Centuries of Haida Art

The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving

The Legacy: Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art

Argyllshire and Buteshire (Cambridge County Geographies)

Perthshire (Cambridge County Geographies)

History of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 1858-1908, With Biographical Notices of Prominent Members

History of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 1858-1908, With Biographical Notices of Prominent Members

Argyllshire and Buteshire

Argyllshire and Buteshire