FROM MYTH TO CREATION
by Whitten, Dorothea S.; Norman E Whitten
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0252060202
- ISBN 13
- 9780252060205
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About This Item
University of Illinois Press, 1988. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog in excellent condition for the show of the same title presented by the Krannert Art Museum, April - May 1988. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Covers show very light shelf wear, otherwise as new. 64 pages in large format filled with b&w images, several per page, with a color section also featuring large prints. The book offers a dramatic inside view of the cognitive and symbolic world of native potters and woodworders from a region undergoing radical change. Extensively illustrated by more than a hundred images this volume presents art, culture, and symbolism of Amazonian Ecuador from the perspective of Canelos Quichua artisans.
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- Pistil Books Online (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144403
- Title
- FROM MYTH TO CREATION
- Author
- Whitten, Dorothea S.; Norman E Whitten
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0252060202
- ISBN 13
- 9780252060205
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- cognitive ,symbolic, World, native ,potters , woodworders , Region, radical ,art, culture, Symbolism, Amazon,Ecuador , perspective , Canelos, Quichua ,artisans, Brazil, Ecuadorian, Amazon,sculpture, Bowl, Figurine, Drinking, Vessel,
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