num_pages: 448
description: For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have been making art. A manifestation of the creative forces of Dreamtime, art is also a fundamental means of expressing individual and group identity. Howard Morphy surveys the great variety in Aboriginal art, showing the inter-relationships between such diverse art forms as body painting, dance, the decoration of weapons and utensils, and painting on bark and canvas.
language: English
title: Aboriginal Art
titlecomplete: Aboriginal Art (Phaidon Art and Ideas)
genres: Australia, Art, Anthropology
ratings_count: 32
series: Art & Ideas (Phaidon)
publisher: Phaidon Press