Visions of the People: A Pictorial History of Plains Indian Life - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0295972297 ISBN 13: 9780295972299

Publisher: Minneapolis Inst of Arts, 1992

Synopsis

The catalog for an exhibit touring Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Omaha during 1993. Presents over 300 representations by Plains Indians of daily routines, acts of personal bravery, spirituality, and other topics of importance. Five essays survey the historical context and particular artistic genres and themes. No index. Oversized: 11.75" wide. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This impressive volume serves as the catalogue for an important exhibit of Plains Indian art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, co-curated by Maurer. The full panoply of arts, from watercolors to crafts--including moccasins, carved pipes, shields and beadwork--is represented, showing the development in style and materials from A.D. 1200 to the 20th century. Among the more notable pieces are ledger-book drawings, which include depictions of scenes from Native life done in colored pencil on paper by Natives held prisoner by the U.S. government, and works by famous Native heroes, such as Sitting Bull's drawings of himself in battle. The book also includes a number of excellent essays about the evolution of Plains culture and art by scholars in the field. Standouts among these are George P. Horse Capture's essay on the war bonnet, which becomes an opportunity for autobiographical meditations on the search for identity through Native art, and Peter J. Powell's examination of a Lakota painting depicting that tribe's final summer of freedom. This volume will be valued by scholar and thoughtful layperson alike.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Minneapolis Inst of Arts
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0295972297
• ISBN 13: 9780295972299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298
• Editor: Maurer Evan M.