Christian F. Feest

Survey of the styles expressed in the native arts of North America from prehistoric times to the present and explores some of their historic dimensions. Includes paintings, engravings, textiles and sculpture.

Native Arts of North America

Russell David Edmunds

George Winter

The Art of George Winter

Indians and a Changing Frontier

James Cook

Cook/Forster Collection (Göttingen, Germany)

Documenting 500 objects from a unique collection of art from Oceania and the Americas, with details of Cook's voyages.

Gaben und Schätze Aus Der Südsee

Sylvia S. Kasprycki

Afton Historical Society Press (Afton, Minn.)

Breaking New Ground, Peoples of the Twilight brings together forty-two little-known drawings by European artists (Johann Baptist Wengler, Fredrika Bremer, Adolph Hoeffler, and Franz Holzlhuber), a daguerreotype, and color photographs for forty artifacts collected by European travelers to illustrate aspects of the lifeways of the Dakota, Chippewa, and Winnebago peoples prior to the Indian Wars of 1862.

European Views on Native Minnesota, 1823-1862

Peoples of the Twilight

Norman Feder

Feder (1930-95) was a hobbyist artisan, author, curator, and editor who contributed significantly to the theoretical and methodological foundation of American Indian art as it emerged from the dusky corridors of museum anthropology to public prominence and the upscale art market. American, Canadian, and European anthropologists explore topics relating to his interests. Most of the illustrations are in color. Distributed in the US by University of Washington Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

A Memorial Tribute to Norman Feder

Studies in American Indian Art

North American Indians have fired the imaginations of Europeans for the past five hundred years. The Native populations of North America have served a variety of European cultural and emotional needs, ranging from noble savage role models for Old World civilization to a more sympathetic portrayal as subjugated victims of American imperialism. ø This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection of essays offers the first in-depth, extended look at the complicated, changing relationship between European and Native peoples. The contributors explore three aspects of this relationship: Why and how did the cultures and histories of Europeans enable Native peoples to become absorbed into the reality of the Old World? What happened in actual encounters between American Indian visitors and their European hosts? How did continued and increased interaction between Indians and Europeans affect established imagery and preconceptions on both sides?

An Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays

Indians and Europe

Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin

Vidya Dehejia

Thomas B. Coburn

Gundolf Krüger

George Michell

D. Dennis Hudson

Adrienne L. Kaeppler

Inken Köhler

Ulrike Rehr

Markus Schindlbeck

Manfred Urban

Insa Wendt

"Devi, the Great Goddess of India, is beautiful, beneficent, terrifying, all-powerful, and glorious. Ubiquitous in India's social and spiritual fabric, she has, over the millennia, been painted, sculpted, carved, and wrought from silver and bronze in myriad shapes and forms. Devi: The Great Goddess brings together 120 of these diverse examples of Devi and a group of distinguished essayists who explore facets of Devi worship and tradition, including ritual, architecture, literature, history, and contemporary issues such as feminism and gender politics. The book appeals to readers compelled by the exploration and interpretation of the art, religion, and history of India."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Great Goddess : Female Divinity in South Asian Art

Devi

Christian F. Feest

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