num_pages: 64
description: Few Pacific islands hold as prominent a place in the Western imagination as Easter Island. The most remote inhabited place on earth, Easter Island is home to the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people who developed a unique series of artistic traditions. While the island is renowned for the colossal stone figures that adorned its temples, much of its art remains unfamiliar to wider audiences. This book examines the island's diverse artistic heritage and presents and discusses more than fifty works, ranging from robust stone images to refined wooden sculpture, rare barkcloth figures, and examples of rongorongo, the island's unique and undeciphered script.
language: English
title: Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island
titlecomplete: Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island
genres: History, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 13
publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art