American Indians
Subtitle: the art and travels of Charles Bird King, George Catlin and Karl Bodmer
By: Robert J. Moore
Contributors: King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862, artist; Catlin, George, 1796-1872, artist; Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893, artist
Edition: Revised edition.
Publisher: White Star
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Vercelli, Italy
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9788854010734
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Indians in art; Indians of North America; Portraits; Painters; Biography
Description: This is a book not only about the Indians, themselves, but about a turning point in Indian-White relations. By 1891, less than fifty years after the realization of these extraordinary works of art by Charles Bird King, George Catlin and Karl Bodmer, for the first time united within this book, the majority of Indians were on reservations. Thanks to the art and travels of these artists, it is possible to admire visual delights, stories of high adventure, and meditate upon the moral tale of the displacement and disruption of the original inhabitants of North America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 275).