Aboriginal Art A&iIn this book, Howard Morphy, one of the foremost authorities in this field, surveys the great variety of Aboriginal art to reveal what it means to its makers and users and what it can tell us about the societies that produce it. He discusses the paintings (on rock, bark, human bodies and canvas), sculptures, weapons and utensils, from across Australia, bringing out common themes but also highlighting regional diversity. The text is illustrated with outstanding examples, many published here for the first time. The result is a book that reveals the richness and dynamism of the art of one of the world's most enduring cultures. |
Contents
Aboriginal | 1129 |
Art and Society 143 Rover Thomas | 1425 |
detail of 91 | 1567 |
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Aboriginal art Aboriginal artists Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal culture Aboriginal Society Acrylic on canvas Adelaide aesthetic Albert Namatjira Alice Springs Arnhem Land Arrernte Art Gallery Art of Central artefacts associated Australian art Avant-Garde bark paintings body Canberra Cape York Peninsula Central Arnhem Land central Australia ceremonial clan collected colonial colours context dance Darwin designs developed Dreaming Dreamtime Eastern Arnhem Land Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition figures Gallery of Australia geometric goanna ground sculpture Gumatj Hermannsburg honey influence journey kangaroo Kunwinjku landscape Macassan Mawalan Melbourne motifs myth Narritjin National Gallery Natural pigments Northern Territory ochre Oenpelli Papunya particular patterns pigments on bark produced Queensland region relationship representations represented ritual River rock art Rover Thomas sacred objects South Wales southeast Australia spear spirit style surface Sydney themes Tjapaltjarri tradition trees Victoria Wandjina Warlpiri watercolour waterholes Western Desert acrylics William Barak women Yirrkala Yolngu Yuendumu