Research Catalog

Title

The art of the South Sea Islands, including Australia and New Zealand, by Alfred Buehler, Terry Barrow [and] Charles P. Mountford.

Author

Bühler, Alfred, 1900-1981.

Publication

• New York, Crown Publishers, [1962]
• ©1962

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barrow, Terry
• Mountford, Charles P. (Charles Pearcy), 1890-1976

Description

249 pages illustrations (part mounted color), maps; 24 cm

Summary

"This new volume in the Art of the World Library deals with the vast and diverse area of the South Seas. It covers the art of primitive peoples from Australia and New Zealand to the islands of the Pacific and Easter Island, discussing the art of various tribes in relation to their history and customs. It is particularly fascinating because the variety of peoples and of art forms is so great. For example, only in Australia does the modern investigator have an opportunity to see survivors of the Stone Age still at work. In the islands there is still a chance to preserve the arts of cultures that are fast disappearing as they come into contact with the modern world." --book jacket

Series Statement

Art of the world, non-European cultures; the historical, sociological and religious backgrounds

Uniform Title

Art of the world; the historical, sociological and religious backgrounds.

Subjects

• Art, Maori
• Art, Aboriginal Australian
• Art, Pacific Island
• Art > Oceania

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 235-[240]

Contents

Geographical setting, peoples and civilizations -- Principles of Oceanic art -- Religious, social and technological basis of Oceanic art -- Style provinces and styles -- The art styles of Oceania and their historical significance -- Art of the New Zealand Maori -- The Aboriginal art of Australia.

LCCN

62011806

OCLC

• ocm00256030
• 256030
• SCSB-9427517

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library