| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file |
| Note |
Exhibition title: Adorning the world : art of the Marquesas Islands. |
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Catalog of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 10, 2005-Jan. 15, 2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Statement from the Marquesan people / Toti Te'ikiehu'upoko -- Director's foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- Map of the Marquesas Islands -- Adorning the world / Eric Kjellgren -- Art and aesthetics in the Marquesas Islands / Carol S. Ivory -- Catalogue / Eric Kjellgren and Carol S. Ivory -- Glossary of Marquesan terms. |
| Summary |
"The imagery of Marquesan art is testament to the myriad beings and creatures who inhabited the Marquesan universe - gods, ancestors, humans, lizards, turtles, fish - and to the islands' complex social and political organization. These art forms are explored in the present volume, published in conjunction with the exhibition "Adorning the World: Art of the Marquesas Islands," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art."--Jacket. |
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Known for the elegance and complexity of their decorative art, Marquesan artists were described by Paul Gauguin as possessing "an unheard of sense of decoration" in all they created. The extraordinary ways in which Marquesans adorned their world are reflected in virtually every type of object they made and used, from sacred figures of gods and ancestors to items that were purely functional. Their work was fashioned from a diversity of materials in forms ranging from delicate ivory ornaments and luxuriant featherwork to imposing figural sculpture in wood and stone. The human body was also an important focus for artistic expression. Adorned with finely crafted ornaments, elaborate coiffures, and intricate tattoos that sometimes covered the entire body, Marquesans themselves became living art forms. In this book, Kjellgren and Ivory place the artistic traditions of the Marquesans within their cultural and historical context, giving insights into their distinctive visual imagery and their enduring influence on Western art and literature.-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website. |
| Local Note |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Watson Library Digital Collections Fulltext Titles (Customizable) |
| Subject |
Art, Marquesan -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Marquesan. |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ivory, Carol S.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| ISBN |
1588391469 (paperback) |
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9781588391469 (paperback) |
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0300107129 (Yale University Press) |
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9780300107128 (Yale University Press) |
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