Study on folk painting and folk poetry of Juang, Indic people of West Bengal.
"Photojournalist Courtney-Clarke, whose book Ndebele captured the painted wall art of South Africa, brings the same inquiring spirit to this depiction of her three-year trek from Nigeria to Senegal. Surviving sandstorms, locusts and malaria, she documents the bold geometric and …
Emergence -- Statues and Sculptors -- Democracy -- Iconopraxis -- Cars and Land -- Scale. "Offering a processual art history, Gods in the Time of Democracy examines the circuits between aesthetics, religion, politics, and commerce in the monumental statues proliferating in Indi…
The Pacific arts of Polynesia and Micronesia
"The Pacific Ocean covers one-third of the earth's surface. Comprising thousands of islands and hundreds of cultural groups, Polynesia and Micronesia cover a large part of this vast ocean, from the dramatic mountains of Hawaii to the small, flat coral islands of Kiribati. Includ…
The Pacific arts of Polynesia and Micronesia
Includes both traditional and contemporary arts, this book introduces the rich artistic traditions of the Pacific island chains of Polynesia and Micronesia, traditions that have had a considerable impact on western art in the twentieth century through the influence of artists su…