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Book Synopsis Northland Māori Wood Carving by : Deidre Sharon Brown
Download or read book Northland Māori Wood Carving written by Deidre Sharon Brown and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2003 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art is the soul of culture. This book is an introduction to the art of whakairo rakau (Maori wood carving) from the Tai Tokerau district, the 'Northland' region that stretches from Auckland to the top of the country. It discusses the characteristics and definitions of the regional style and the debates surrounding provenance, as well as northern carvers and their tools, materials and work. The dynamic history of the practice, including its development, appropriation of European materials and ideas, decline, repression and recent revival, is examined using a wealth of historical resources, and the place of museums and individuals in the collection and renaissance of these taonga (treasures) is critically assessed. This is followed by a comprehensive illustrated catalogue of Tai Tokerau wood carvings in national and international museums, many of which cannot normally be viewed by the public. The book is a valuable guide for anyone interested in some of the earliest and most beautiful works of Maori craftsmanship. It is written for the non-specialist reader, although people with a scholarly, professional or cultural relationship with the region and its art will discover more about Tai Tokerau whakairo rakau.
Download or read book Te Puna written by Deidre Sharon Brown and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Te Puna - Maori Art from Te Tai Tokerau Northland gathers writing about the art of Te Tai Tokerau - carving, painting, weaving, architecture, ceramics and digital art - by leading art historians and curator. It discusses how Maori art was collected by museums and others, and argues that Te Tai Tokerau was the cradle for contemporary Maori art. Shorter essays focus on moko (tattoo) and waka building, and highlight artists such as Ralph Hotere, Shane Cotton and Kura Te Waru Rewiri.
Download or read book Wood written by Harvey Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-11-27 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich, authoritative look at a material that plays an essential role in human culture Wood has been a central part of human life throughout the world for thousands of years. In an intoxicating mix of science, history, and practical information, historian and woodworker Harvey Green considers this vital material's place on the planet. What makes one wood hard and one soft? How did we find it, tame it? Where does it fit into the histories of technology, architecture, and industrialization, of empire, exploration, and settlement? Spanning the surprising histories of the log cabin and Windsor chair, the deep truth about veneer, the role of wood in the American Revolution, the disappearance of the rain forests, the botany behind the baseball bat, and much more, Wood is a deep and satisfying look at one of our most treasured resources.
Book Synopsis The Backyard Bowyer by : Nicholas Tomihama
Download or read book The Backyard Bowyer written by Nicholas Tomihama and published by NickTomihama. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 300 step-by-step pictures, the Backyard Bowyer is geared for the beginning bowyer, backyard hobbyist, and anyone who has ever pondered building a wooden bow. Easy to read and follow steps go down to even the smallest detail in the design and construction of basic archery bows. Learn to craft fine wooden bows without huge investment in equipment and materials, and without being bound by location and limited workspace. Learn to construct: A classic target flat bow, an English Longbow suitable for hunting, and even your own strings and arrows for traditional and primitive archery.
Author :Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Publisher :Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN 13 :1588392384 Total Pages :370 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (883 download)
Book Synopsis Oceania by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Download or read book Oceania written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes detailed chapters devoted to each of the five major cultural regions of the Pacific: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the islands of Southeast Asia.
Download or read book Totara written by Philip Simpson and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘mighty totara' is one of New Zealand's most extraordinary trees. Among the biggest and oldest trees in the New Zealand forest, the heart of Maori carving and culture, trailing no. 8 wire as fence posts on settler farms, clambered up in the Pureora protests of the 1980s: the story of New Zealand can be told through totara. Simpson tells that story like nobody else could. In words and pictures, through waka and leaves, farmers and carvers, he takes us deep inside the trees: their botany and evolution, their role in Maori life and lore, and their current status in New Zealand's environment and culture. New Zealand's largest trees, the kauri Tane Mahuta and the totara Pouakani, are both thought to be around 1000 years old. They were here before we humans were and their relatives will probably be here when we are gone. This book tells a great tree's story, and that is New Zealand's story too.
Book Synopsis Maori Arts of the Gods by : Deidre Sharon Brown
Download or read book Maori Arts of the Gods written by Deidre Sharon Brown and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2005 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional objects of great beauty, made of wood, bone, greenstone, feathers and fibre, are collected in this sumptuous pictorial guide to Maori art. Deidre Brown has selected the finest of Brian Brake's photos, and adds interesting and informed commentary on the Maori gods and legends that inspired these works.
Book Synopsis Museums and Maori by : Conal McCarthy
Download or read book Museums and Maori written by Conal McCarthy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book explores the revolution in New Zealand museums that is influencing the care and exhibition of indigenous objects worldwide. Drawing on practical examples and research in all kinds of institutions, Conal McCarthy explores the history of relations between museums and indigenous peoples, innovative exhibition practices, community engagement, and curation. He lifts the lid on current practice, showing how museum professionals deal with the indigenous objects in their care, engage with tribal communities, and meet the needs of visitors. The first critical study of its kind, Museums and Maori is an indispensible resource for professionals working with indigenous objects, indigenous communities and cultural centers, and for researchers and students in museology and indigenous studies programs.
Book Synopsis Girl of New Zealand by : Michelle Erai
Download or read book Girl of New Zealand written by Michelle Erai and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girl of New Zealand presents a nuanced insight into the way violence and colonial attitudes shaped the representation of Māori women and girls. Michelle Erai examines more than thirty images of Māori women alongside the records of early missionaries and settlers in Aotearoa, as well as comments by archivists and librarians, to shed light on how race, gender, and sexuality have been ascribed to particular bodies. Viewed through Māori, feminist, queer, and film theories, Erai shows how images such as Girl of New Zealand (1793) and later images, cartoons, and travel advertising created and deployed a colonial optic. Girl of New Zealand reveals how the phantasm of the Māori woman has shown up in historical images, how such images shape our imagination, and how impossible it has become to maintain the delusion of the “innocent eye.” Erai argues that the process of ascribing race, gender, sexuality, and class to imagined bodies can itself be a kind of violence. In the wake of the Me Too movement and other feminist projects, Erai’s timely analysis speaks to the historical foundations of negative attitudes toward Indigenous Māori women in the eyes of colonial “others”—outsiders from elsewhere who reflected their own desires and fears in their representations of the Indigenous inhabitants of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Erai resurrects Māori women from objectification and locates them firmly within Māori whānau and communities.
Book Synopsis Maori Wood Sculpture of New Zealand by : Terence Barrow
Download or read book Maori Wood Sculpture of New Zealand written by Terence Barrow and published by Wellington : Reed. This book was released on 1970 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngati Porou Carving, 1830-1930 by : Ngarino Ellis
Download or read book A Whakapapa of Tradition: One Hundred Years of Ngati Porou Carving, 1830-1930 written by Ngarino Ellis and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chieftainess Te Ao Kairau lived in the north of the Waiapu Valley. Desiring carving for the meeting houses that she was having erected, she chose her nephew Iwirakau to travel to Uawa to learn the arts of carving at the Rawheoro whare wananga. Iwirakau had a studious nature and practical bent, and many close connections to major lines in Ngati Porou. Upon his return from his studies, Iwirakau added new details acquired from Uawa to the designs and styles of the Waiapu, and became a leader of carving in the Waiapu area. When the whare wananga later declined, such was the strength of the passing down of knowledge that the style of carving associated with them continued. And one of the strongest to survive was that of the Iwirakau School. From the emergence of the chapel and the wharenui in the nineteenth century to the rejuvenation of carving by Apirana Ngata in the 1920s, Maori carving went through a rapid evolution from 1830 to 1930. Focusing on thirty meeting houses, Ngarino Ellis tells the story of Ngati Porou carving and a profound transformation in Maori art. Beginning around 1830, three previously dominant art traditions - waka taua (war canoes), pataka (decorated storehouses) and whare rangatira (chief’s houses) - declined and were replaced by whare karakia (churches), whare whakairo (decorated meeting houses) and wharekai (dining halls). Ellis examines how and why that fundamental transformation took place by exploring the Iwirakau School of carving, based in the Waiapu Valley on the East Coast of the North Island. An ancestor who lived around the year 1700, Iwirakau is credited for reinvigorating the art of carving in the Waiapu region. The six major carvers of his school went on to create more than thirty important meeting houses and other structures. During this transformational period, carvers and patrons re-negotiated key concepts such as tikanga (tradition), tapu (sacredness) and mana (power, authority) - embedding them within the new architectural forms whilst preserving rituals surrounding the creation and use of buildings. A Whakapapa of Tradition tells us much about the art forms themselves but also analyses the environment that made carving and building possible: the patrons who were the enablers and transmitters of culture; the carvers who engaged with modern tools and ideas; and the communities as a whole who created the new forms of art and architecture. This book is both a major study of Ngati Porou carving and an attempt to make sense of Maori art history. What makes a tradition in Maori art? Ellis asks. How do traditions begin? Who decides this? Conversely, how and why do traditions cease? And what forces are at play which make some buildings acceptable and others not? Beautifully illustrated with new photography by Natalie Robertson, and drawing on the work of key scholars to make a new synthetic whole, this book will be a landmark volume in the history of writing about Maori art.
Book Synopsis South Pacific Museums by : Chris Healy
Download or read book South Pacific Museums written by Chris Healy and published by Monash University ePress. This book was released on 2006 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Pacific Museums: Experiments in Culture is a collection of outstanding analyses of museums in the South Pacific, written by cultural, museum and architectural critics, and historians. A series of snapshots introduce the reader to key museums in the region and longer essays explore these museums in broad terms.Over the last 50 years, museums have been regarded by many scholars and cultural critics as archaic institutions far from the cutting edge of cultural innovation. This judgement is being proved wrong across the globe, with innovative museums staking out new territory. Nowhere is this more striking than in the South Pacific where new and redeveloped institutions have included the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the National Museum of Australia, the Melbourne Museum, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the Museum of Sydney, the Gab Titui Cultural Centre in the Torres Strait, the Auckland Museum, the Centre Culturel Tjibaou and the Vanuatu Cultural Centre.South Pacific Museums make sense of these museums as part of the complex field of heritage, where national economies meet global tourism, cities brand themselves, and indigeneity articulates with colonialism. The effect is one of cultural experimentation. Part One, 'New Museums', introduces three different museums in distinctive national contexts - Te Papa, the Centre Culturel Tjibaou and the National Museum of Australia. Essays in this part grapple with the role of these museums in the nation at particular historical moments under specific political pressures. Part Two, 'New Knowledges', documents practices and exhibitions at the point of tension between indigenous and non-indigenous interests in the museum. Part three, 'New Experiences', explores the ways in which museums in the South Pacific are producing that ineffable cultural phenomenon - experience.
Book Synopsis Carved Maori Burial Chests by : Aileen Fox
Download or read book Carved Maori Burial Chests written by Aileen Fox and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Teaching Australian and New Zealand Literature by : Nicholas Birns
Download or read book Teaching Australian and New Zealand Literature written by Nicholas Birns and published by Modern Language Association. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia and New Zealand, united geographically by their location in the South Pacific and linguistically by their English-speaking inhabitants, share the strong bond of hope for cultural diversity and social equality--one often challenged by history, starting with the appropriation of land from their Indigenous peoples. This volume explores significant themes and topics in Australian and New Zealand literature. In their introduction, the editors address both the commonalities and differences between the two nations' literatures by considering literary and historical contexts and by making nuanced connections between the global and the local. Contributors share their experiences teaching literature on the iconic landscape and ecological fragility; stories and perspectives of convicts, migrants, and refugees; and Maori and Aboriginal texts, which add much to the transnational turn. This volume presents a wide array of writers--such as Patrick White, Janet Frame, Katherine Mansfield, Frank Sargeson, Witi Ihimaera, Christina Stead, Allen Curnow, David Malouf, Les Murray, Nam Le, Miles Franklin, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan--and offers pedagogical tools for teachers to consider issues that include colonial and racial violence, performance traditions, and the role of language and translation. Concluding with a list of resources, this volume serves to support new and experienced instructors alike.
Book Synopsis Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 47 Summer 2009 by : Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated
Download or read book Woodcarving Illustrated Issue 47 Summer 2009 written by Editors of Woodcarving Illustrated and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FEATURES Best of Show Award-winning carvings from the nation's top woodcarving shows Sharing the Joy of Carving Wood By Dave Brock Build self confidence and provide a life-long hobby by teaching kids to carve First Cuts Mark Gargac and Fred Wilbur provide valuable tips for carvers and share their first carvings Exploring the Culture of Maori Woodcarving By Mike Davies New Zealand natives use woodcarving to document their history and honor their ancestors PROJECTS Making a Tramp Art Frame By Jim Sebring Easy chip cuts and simple joints make this frame an ideal project for novice carvers Hand Carve a Realistic Wolf By Dee Gipson Woodburn detailed fur texture on this classic predator Power Carve an Eagle Pin By Al Groncki Miniature project hones your carving and burning techniques Create a Nostalgic Whirligig By Vernon DePauw Simple carved features, spinning arms, and a rustic finish make this project a winner Carving a Wren in the Round By Chris Pye Work with the grain and supporting wood to add strength to fragile areas Making a Gargoyle Cane By Shawn Cipa Construction techniques for carving a functional cane Carving a Watchful Dragon By Floyd Rhadigan This fun shelf sitter is the perfect guardian for your bookshelf TECHNIQUES How to Select the Right Power Carving Equipment By Chuck Solomon and Dave Hamilton An overview of the types of tools and different models Carving Realistic Wrinkles and Folds By Mary-Ann Jack-Bleach and Fred Zavadil Create accurate details by studying how clothing relates to anatomy Creating a Simple Armature By Marv Kaisersatt Design your own carving with the aid of armatures and clay models DEPARTMENTS Editor's Column From Our Mailbag News and Notes Tips and Techniques Reader Gallery Product Review Relief Column Calendar of Events Coming Features Ad Directory & Classifieds Woodchips
Book Synopsis New Zealand Sculpture by : Michael Dunn
Download or read book New Zealand Sculpture written by Michael Dunn and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charts the growth of sculpture from the era of British imports through the period of strong British influence to the more confident art of the twentieth century and beyond.
Book Synopsis Rautahi: The Maoris of New Zealand by : Joan Metge
Download or read book Rautahi: The Maoris of New Zealand written by Joan Metge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the Maori in New Zealand, this book covers Maori history and culture, language and art and includes chapters on the following: · Basic concepts in Maori culture · Land · Kinship · Education · Association · Leadership & social control · The Marae · Hui · Maori and Pakeha · Maori spelling and pronunciation There is an extensive glossary, bibliography and index. First published in 1967. This edition reprints the revised edition of 1976.
