Paintings of the Southwest

Paintings of the Southwest

Author: Arnold Skolnick

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780826328434

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A rare collection of art and literature perfectly suited for the artist, traveler, or anyone enchanted by the Southwest.


Southwest Rising

Southwest Rising

Author: Julie Sasse

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780977743223

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Elaine Horwitch was a feisty, larger-than-life gallerist who put contemporary Southwest art on the culture map. Prefaced by a historical survey of art in Arizona and New Mexico, Southwest Rising examines Horwitch's remarkable life and highlights many of the artists she promoted in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, as well as some of her top rivals in the art business. This book looks at Southwest art through the lens of art markets and institutions, and the creative spirit of artists who contributed to the rise of a unique genre.


The Southwest in American Literature and Art

The Southwest in American Literature and Art

Author: David Warfield Teague

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1997-10

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780816517848

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By analyzing ways in which indigenous cultures described the American Southwest, David Teague persuasively argues against the destructive approach that Americans currently take to the region. Included are Native American legends and Spanish and Hispanic literature. As he traces ideas about the desert, Teague shows how literature and art represent the Southwest as a place to be sustained rather than transformed. 14 illustrations.


Asmat Art

Asmat Art

Author: Dirk Smidt

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1462909647

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Asmat Art features the world renowned woodcarvings of the Asmat, former head-hunters who live in the western half of New Guinea This book presents a full range of Asmat woodcarving art, but emphasizes the rare early shields and figure sculptures. Drums, canoe prowheads and the larger, more dramatic "objects" are also shown. Together with bisj poles, war shields are perhaps the most famous creation of Asmat artists, and these were carved throughout the region. It is in the design and construction of the shields that the variations in style region can most clearly be seen. Figure sculptures, of varying styles, are also well represented here, and a limited number of the huge ceremonial carvings, such as bisj poles and basu suangkus, have also been included. The cultural context in which these items play their part is described in detail in the introductory chapters. But it is not the intention of this book to be an ethnography. The focus is on the art pieces themselves.


Southwest Art Defined

Southwest Art Defined

Author: Margaret Moore Booker

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933855752

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The traditional arts of the Southwest are brought together in one volume for the first time. Comprehensive descriptions of Native American and Hispano art are accompanied by full-color photographs of art from museums, galleries, and private collections.


Inventing the Southwest

Inventing the Southwest

Author: Kathleen L. Howard

Publisher: Northland Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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A heavily illustrated history & appreciation of the contribution of the Fred Harvey Company to the preservation and promotion of Indian art. Serves as the catalog of an exhibit--through April 1997-- at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. c. Book News Inc.


100 Artists of the Southwest

100 Artists of the Southwest

Author: Douglas Bullis

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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This book features the work of 100 important painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, weavers, and jewelers living and working in New Mexico and Arizona today. Their stories and works of art will amaze as well as illuminate. This book provides the most vibrant picture of contemporary Southwestern art that you can find anywhere.