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Arts in the religions of the Pacific : symbols of life
- Title
- Arts in the religions of the Pacific : symbols of life / Albert C. Moore.
- Author
- Moore, Albert C.
- Publication
- London : Pinter Publishers, 1995.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 219 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- The vivid art forms of Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia and New Zealand are rooted in their primal, religious cultures; this relationship with religious life is still very much apparent in the new and ever-evolving art forms of the modern Pacific world. Moore's well-illustrated volume examines this relationship between religious experience and diverse art forms, such as music, dance, masks and carvings, which have all come to symbolise life itself. Their geographical, historical and cultural contexts are explored by illuminating analysis, that draws on a variety of disciplines, including religious studies, anthropology and art history. Arts in the Religions of the Pacific, distinctive in relating the scholarly study of the world's religions to the arts of the Pacific, is the first title in a major series entitled Religion and the Arts.
- Series Statement
- Religion and the arts series
- Uniform Title
- Religion and the arts series
- Subject
- Note
- Author is a New Zealander.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the Pacific : understanding its religions and arts. The Pacific region : Oceania ; Why be interested in the Pacific? ; What does "religion" mean? ; Religion and art : common ground ; Primal religions and their arts ; Diversity and wholeness of the arts ; Modern changes in religion and art ; Problems and resources in the study of Pacific arts -- Australia. Art, religion and life ; The Dreaming, the land and the ancestors ; A symbolic universe ; Expressions in visual art forms ; Expressions in music and dance ; Modern changes : tradition and innovation ; Modern Aboriginal artists -- Melanesia. Characteristics of Melanesian culture and religion ; Arts in Melanesian religions ; North-west New Guinea : Korwar figures ; Asmat : artists and ancestor-poles ; Gogodala : tradition revived ; Gulf of Papua : masks and boards ; Central Highlands : personal art ; Sepik : Haus Tambaran ; New Britain : masks ; New Ireland : Malagan rites and carvings ; Solomon Islands ; Vanuatu (New Hebrides) ; New Caledonia : house and ancestors ; Melanesia : changing traditions -- Polynesia. Religion and arts in Polynesia ; Fiji Islands ; Tonga and Samoa ; Samoa ; Tahiti, Society Islands and Austral Islands ; Cook Islands ; Easter Island (Rapanui) ; Marquesas Islands ; Hawaiian Islands ; Micronesia -- Aotearoa New Zealand. Maori ancestral religion ; Maori art : carving and tattooing ; Other arts : decorative, ritual, performance ; Maori tradition and religious change ; Modern Maori artists and biculturalism -- Conclusion : the future of arts in religions of the Pacific.
- ISBN
- 0861871863
- 9780861871865
- LCCN
- 95006217
- OCLC
- ocm32167986
- 32167986
- SCSB-2056173
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library