Shadow House
Subtitle: Interpretations of Northwest Coast Art (Studies in Visual Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9789058230836
Subjects: Art of indigenous peoples; Folk & Outsider Art; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Western & Pacific Coast states; Art / Folk Art; Criticism; History - General
First sentence: This first chapter is about paint and leather, the smell of cedar planks and of fishing lines, the texture of woven baskets, the stickiness of pitch and the lusciousness of oil, the sharpness of blades and the brightness of polished metal.