Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art, from the 18th Thourgh the 20th Century - Softcover

Brown, Steven C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0295976586 ISBN 13: 9780295976587

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 1998

Synopsis

Masks, bowls, bentwood boxes, and weavings from Native artists of the Northwest Coast grace museums around the world. Northwest Coast art embodies a highly flexible tradition, reinterpreted by individuals in each generation, as is evidenced by artifacts collected from the area over the last two centuries. This richly informative book includes photographs of more than 160 objects from Seattle area private collections and the Seattle Art Museum, grouped chronologically to illustrate evolutionary changes within the Northwest Coast art tradition. This is a tradition of great antiquity which also remains vital and alive today in the work of the best contemporary Northwest Coast Native artists. Among the extraordinary artworks illustrated in Native Visions are archaeological artifacts and the earliest documented Northwest Coast objects, collected in the eighteenth century, along with numerous pieces by the nineteenth-century artist Charles Edenshaw, masks and totem pole models by Willie Seaweed, and an unusual gold sculpture by Bill Reid.

About this title

Synopsis:

Published in conjunction with the touring art exhibition of the same name originating at the Seattle Art Museum. B&w and color photographs of the pieces in the exhibition are accompanied by extensive essays commenting on the pieces and describing their historical context. The notes and sources lists give readers an idea where to go for additional r

About the Author:

Steven C. Brown is associate curator of Native American art at the Seattle Art Museum.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0295976586
• ISBN 13: 9780295976587
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244