Aboriginal art
By: Wally Caruana
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: World of art; World of art
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780500203668
Subjects: Aboriginal Australian Art
Description: "This lively and comprehensive survey has established itself as a superlative introduction to the full diversity of Aboriginal art, and showcases work by Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. Practising the world's longest continuous art tradition, stretching back some fifty millennia, Aboriginal artists have worked in a variety of contexts, from the sacred realm of ceremony to more public spheres, and in media that include painting, sculpture, engraving, constructions, weaving, and - most recently - photography, printmaking and textile design."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "New edition"--Cover.

Originally published: London : Thames & Hudson, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1.; title: Introduction -- -- Ch. 2.; title: Patterns of power: Arnhem Land and its surrounds -- -- Ch. 3.; title: The art of place and journey: the desert -- -- Ch. 4.; title: Land of the Wandjina: the Kimberley -- -- Ch. 5.; title: Diversity: North Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands -- -- Ch. 6.; title: Artists in the town and city --; title: Conclusion --; title: Note on Aboriginal names --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Select bibliography --; title: List of illustrations --; title: Glossary --; title: Index.