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Book Synopsis
A new edition of this concise but authoritative survey of the diverse, dazzling and compelling art of Oceania in all its forms, past and present.

Trade Review
'Excellent … Thomas’s choice of illustrations is exceptional and wide-ranging' - Pacific Arts
'In Thomas’s book aesthetics and ethnography support one another' - London Review of Books
'Distinctive for its ambitions, erudition and insight … a comprehensive and balanced review' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Table of Contents
Introduction • 1. Revelations • 2. Ancestors and Architecture • 3. The Art of War • 4. The Art of the Body • 5. Mothers and Male Cults • 6. Barkcloth, Exchange, Sanctity • 7. Feathers, Divinity, Power • 8. Narrative Art and Tourism • 9. Decolonization and Diaspora • 10. Globalization and contemporary art

Oceanic Art

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    A Paperback / softback by Nicholas Thomas

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: 06/09/2018
      ISBN13: 9780500204405, 978-0500204405
      ISBN10: 0500204403
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      Art & Photography History of art

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A new edition of this concise but authoritative survey of the diverse, dazzling and compelling art of Oceania in all its forms, past and present.

      Trade Review
      'Excellent … Thomas’s choice of illustrations is exceptional and wide-ranging' - Pacific Arts
      'In Thomas’s book aesthetics and ethnography support one another' - London Review of Books
      'Distinctive for its ambitions, erudition and insight … a comprehensive and balanced review' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

      Table of Contents
      Introduction • 1. Revelations • 2. Ancestors and Architecture • 3. The Art of War • 4. The Art of the Body • 5. Mothers and Male Cults • 6. Barkcloth, Exchange, Sanctity • 7. Feathers, Divinity, Power • 8. Narrative Art and Tourism • 9. Decolonization and Diaspora • 10. Globalization and contemporary art

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