Polynesia - Kaeppler, Adrienne
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In this handsome full-color book, for the first time, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world is fully described and annotated.
The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavour. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate…mehr

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In this handsome full-color book, for the first time, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world is fully described and annotated.
The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavour. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate ivory ornaments and decorated barkcloth to formidable weaponry and imposing sculpture in coral, wood, and stone.
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Autorenporträt
Adrienne Kaeppler is curator of Oceanic ethnology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C. She has carried out field research in Tonga, Hawai'i, and elsewhere in Polynesia. Renowned for her work on the ethnography and collections from Cook's voyages, she continues to focus on connections between social structure and the visual and performing arts.