Seeing the Inside is the first detailed study of one of the world's great visual art traditions, and its role in the society that produces it. The bark painting of Aboriginal artists in western Arnhem Land is the product of a unique legacy of many thousands of years' duration. In recent ye...

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1. Verfasser:	Taylor, Luke (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Clarendon Press 1996
Schlagworte:	Aborigines Bast Peinture aborigène d'Australie - Australie - Arnhem, Terre d' Schilderkunst Malerei Bark painting > Australia > Arnhem Land (N.T.) Painting, Aboriginal Australian > Australia > Arnhem Land (N.T.) Geschichte Australien Arnhemland > West Hochschulschrift
Zusammenfassung:	Seeing the Inside is the first detailed study of one of the world's great visual art traditions, and its role in the society that produces it. The bark painting of Aboriginal artists in western Arnhem Land is the product of a unique legacy of many thousands of years' duration. In recent years' it has attracted enormous interest in the rest of Australia and beyond, with the result that the artists, who live primarily as hunters in this relatively secluded region of northern Australia, now paint for sale to the world art market. Though the richness and power of Aboriginal arts are now, belatedly, finding wide recognition, they remain insufficiently understood. In this thoroughly illustrated book Luke Taylor examines the creative methods of the bark painters and the cultural meaning of their work. He discusses, on the one hand, the arrangements that allow the artists to project their culture onto an international stage, and on the other, the continuing social and religious roles of their paintings within their own society. The result is a remarkable and fascinating picture of artistic creativity in a changing world.
Beschreibung:	Zugl.: Diss.
Beschreibung:	XIII, 283 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	0198273908 019823354X