Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories

ISBN-10: 0415137489
ISBN-13: 9780415137485
Category: Art
Pages: 260
Language: English
Published: 1999
Publisher: Psychology Press
Author: W. Jackson Rushing

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A survey of Native American art from the 1800s to the present reveals the often surprising variety of styles and media employed by Indian artists in the modern world, and confirms the influence of ceremony and tradition on many of them.

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Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories
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- 260 pages
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- Psychology Press
Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories
- 2013-09-27
- 252 pages
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Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories
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- 252 pages
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- Routledge

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