Perhaps no images in Oceanic art are as familiar and yet as enigmatic as the colossal, brooding stone figures of Easter Island. In many ways they are the quintessential symbols of Pacific Island art and culture. Easter Island's other artistic traditions, however, remain largely unfamiliar to wider audiences. Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island is the first American exhibition to survey a broad range of the island's art--from towering stone figures to smaller, more refined works in wood, feathers, fiber, and barkcloth ...
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Perhaps no images in Oceanic art are as familiar and yet as enigmatic as the colossal, brooding stone figures of Easter Island. In many ways they are the quintessential symbols of Pacific Island art and culture. Easter Island's other artistic traditions, however, remain largely unfamiliar to wider audiences. Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island is the first American exhibition to survey a broad range of the island's art--from towering stone figures to smaller, more refined works in wood, feathers, fiber, and barkcloth--revealing the true richness of artistic expression on this small Pacific island, one of the most remote inhabited places on earth. [This book was originally published in 2001 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.] Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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