The Pacific arts of Polynesia and Micronesia

Main Author: Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford history of art
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10233750
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Polynesian and Micronesian art
  • Artistic visions, rituals, and sacred containers
  • Aesthetics, carving, metaphor, and allusion
  • Genealogical connections: the texts of textiles
  • Adorning the adorned: tattoo, ornaments, clothing, fashion
  • Ritual spaces, cultural landscapes: space, and the aesthetic environment.