The Pacific arts of Polynesia and Micronesia
By: Adrienne L. Kaeppler.
Series: Oxford history of art
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780192842381
Subjects: Art, Polynesian.; Art, Melanesian.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-176) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction to Polynesian and Micronesian art; value: Artistic visions, rituals, and sacred containers; value: Aesthetics, carving, metaphor, and allusion; value: Genealogical connections: the texts of textiles; value: Adorning the adorned: tattoo, ornaments, clothing, fashion; value: Ritual spaces, cultural landscapes: space, and the aesthetic environment.