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Book Synopsis An Illustrated Guide to Maori Art by : Terence Barrow
Download or read book An Illustrated Guide to Maori Art written by Terence Barrow and published by Penguin Group (New Zealand). This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arts of the Maori are among the most alluring and sophisticated of the Pacific peoples. They developed their skills through centuries of endeavour and craft experimentation, expressing religious and artistic ideas in wood, stone, bone, shell and other materials. In particular, their carving and weaving are universally admired; Maori themselves proudly preserve their artistic traditions and honour the great historic art works. In this introduction to the subject, Terence Barrow (1923-2001) explains in simple terms the significance of the design motifs used by the Maori in their works of art, and discusses the material used, their construction and everyday uses. Highly illustrated, this book will answer the questions most commonly asked about Maori art and will give the reader a deeper understanding of the symbolic and spiritual significance of a variety of works and art forms.
Book Synopsis Māori Art and Design by : Julie Paama-Pengelly
Download or read book Māori Art and Design written by Julie Paama-Pengelly and published by White Cloud Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a look at the Maori visual arts, emphasising on the design. Covering tattooing, drawing and painting, carving and weaving, this book explores the origination, evolution, and significance of the designs, and explains the materials and techniques used to create them.
Download or read book Maori Art written by Augustus Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Maori Art for Kids by : Julie Noanoa
Download or read book Maori Art for Kids written by Julie Noanoa and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 15 projects offers children aged 7 and over a range of unique Maori art experiences. Practical skills cover sculpture, photography, design, paint, mixed media, collage and more. Easy-to-follow instructions include illustrations of the steps involved, using everyday craft materials, recycled and found objects. Examples of taonga (treasures) created by leading contemporary artists are shown alongside each project with a brief explanation of the object, its purpose and use in the past and present. While teaching as a museum/art gallery educator, the author had numerous requests from parents, teachers and educators over the years for ideas on how they could teach art and Maori culture to their children. These projects have been compiled in response to those requests, along with research and observation about how children connect with art. By engaging in these projects children will recognise that art takes many forms and can be enjoyed by everyone. This book will appeal to anyone looking for art activities that focus on Maori art and culture, and will suit both girls and boys. An emphasis on upcycling means that the ideas are accessible to the budget conscious without compromising on quality.
Download or read book Maori Art written by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up until now books on Maori art have described the work as either traditional (carving, weaving, painting) or contemporary, work produced post-1950s. This book presents a unique focus on Maori art by exploring the connection between the traditional and contemporary, and the place of Maori art within an international context. Maori Art provides a framework for looking at Maori art in a new way and fills a gap in Maori art history - while there are myriad surveys of Maori art there is currently very little critical writing on Maori art and artists. The book is extensively illustrated with over 400 art works, landscapes and meeting houses, many never published before, including 100 specially commissioned photographs from renowned New Zealand photographers Mark Adams and Haruhiko Sameshima.
Book Synopsis The Carver and the Artist by : Damian Skinner
Download or read book The Carver and the Artist written by Damian Skinner and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, the carver values the past, works within the communal framework of Maoritanga and respects the tapu nature of what he does; the artist looks to the present and future, practises as an individual within the studio and is concerned with the essential rather than spiritual nature of the work." --Dust jacket.
Book Synopsis Five Maori Painters by : Ngahiraka Mason
Download or read book Five Maori Painters written by Ngahiraka Mason and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gauguin and Maori Art by : Bronwen Nicholson
Download or read book Gauguin and Maori Art written by Bronwen Nicholson and published by Godwit. This book was released on 1995 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1895 Paul Gauguin spent ten days in Auckland, en route to Tahiti for the second and final time. During his stay he visited the Auckland Art Gallery and the Auckland Museum, and recorded in a sketchbook details of some of the fine Maori carvings he observed. When Gauguin left Auckland he took with him a small but vital collection of new images, several of which were later to appear in major paintings. Gauguin and Maori Art is published to coincide with the centenary of Gauguin's visit to Auckland. For the first time the complete sketchbook is reproduced, alongside photographs of the Maori carvings Gauguin sketched and the paintings which demonstrate the significance of Gauguin's first-hand encounter with Maori art.
Book Synopsis Gottfried Lindauer by : Briar Gordon
Download or read book Gottfried Lindauer written by Briar Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mataora written by Witi Ihimaera and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a comprehensve artistic, cultural and political statement about the state of contemporary Maori art.
Download or read book Atlas of World Art written by John Onians and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines a survey of world art with maps showing the associations and dissemination of culture across the globe.
Download or read book Whakairo written by D. R. Simmons and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1985 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes and illustrates the differences, subtle and profound, between the carving styles of the tribes, and examines the work of each tribal group in depth".
Book Synopsis Art of Maori Tattoo by : D. R. Simmons
Download or read book Art of Maori Tattoo written by D. R. Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed study of mokos, Maori tattoos. The text traces the historical development, tribal variations, design principles, and social significance of the moko. The book has 143 black and white line drawings and photographs, and 26 colour plates of paintings and carvings. A bibliography and index are included.
Book Synopsis New Zealand Painting by : Michael Dunn
Download or read book New Zealand Painting written by Michael Dunn and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely revised and updated. Chapters have been rewritten. Also added in a substantial new chapter on contemporary Maori and Pacific Island painting, as well as an acknowledgement of the coming wave of Asian artists.
Book Synopsis Exhibiting Maori by : Conal McCarthy
Download or read book Exhibiting Maori written by Conal McCarthy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book presents a comprehensive assessment of the display of Maori culture from the nineteenth century to today. In doing so, Exhibiting Maori traces the long journey from curio to specimen, artefact, art and taonga (treasure). Drawing on extensive and groundbreaking research, Exhibiting Maori reveals for the first time the remarkable story of Maori resistance to, involvement in, and eventual capture of the display of their culture.Ranging across museums, world fairs, fine art and tourism, Exhibiting Maori fuses museum studies, anthropology, and visual and material culture to uncover a history of active Maori engagement with the colonial culture of display.
Book Synopsis The Maori as an Artist by : Renzo Padovan
Download or read book The Maori as an Artist written by Renzo Padovan and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the past three years Doctor Renzo Padovan has been making a study of the Maori carvings in the collection of the Dominion Museum. He has approached this study with the eye of an artist and after examining the exhibits in the public galleries he has spent many hours selecting pieces from the stored collections. It is on the basis of this discriminating investigation that he has selected the illustrations and prepared the text found in this book."--Preface.
Book Synopsis Structure and Cognition in Art by : Dorothy K. Washburn
Download or read book Structure and Cognition in Art written by Dorothy K. Washburn and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1983-07-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this 1983 volume present an innovative and unified approach to the archaeological analysis and interpretation of art and design.
