Its amazing linguistic diversity, its hostile, untamed nature and fierce natives: New Guinea, the largest of all Melanesian islands, is a land of enduring mystery. Through the masterpieces of the Barbier-Mueller collection, a singular and complex culture whose austere force fascinates and disturbs, is finally unravelled. Mixing exclusive archives and contemporary photographs, this superbly illustrated book offers a thorough panorama of the various local artistic forms thanks to its structure based on twelve distinct and ...
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Its amazing linguistic diversity, its hostile, untamed nature and fierce natives: New Guinea, the largest of all Melanesian islands, is a land of enduring mystery. Through the masterpieces of the Barbier-Mueller collection, a singular and complex culture whose austere force fascinates and disturbs, is finally unravelled. Mixing exclusive archives and contemporary photographs, this superbly illustrated book offers a thorough panorama of the various local artistic forms thanks to its structure based on twelve distinct and ground-breaking essays--one for each of the stylistic areas in New Guinea--written by prominent anthropologists and curators. A major contribution to a better understanding of non-Western art.
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Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light overall wear to the boards with moderately "bumped" edge-corners and a heavy scuff to the foot of the spine; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all bright and unmarked, the only flaw being a 1/2" crease to the bottom spine-corner to the last 100 pages where that corner of the book was "bumped"; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75"-12.75" tall); 6.2 lbs (Heavy); Dark gray dust jacket with photo of wooden carving, and title in white lettering; 2007, Somogy Editions D'Art; 470 pages; "Shadows of New Guinea: Art from the Great Island of Oceania in the Barbier-Mueller Collection, " by Philippe Peltier, et al.
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New. 2757200267. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in English. 472 pp. With 438 ills. (310 col. ). 31 x 24 cm. --with a bonus offer--
