Colonial constructs: European images of Maori, 1840-1914 - Softcover
Leonard Bell examines the complex and unbalanced cultural interchange between European and Maori in 19th-century New Zealand and the relationship between visual representation and the ideology of colonialism. He shows how the great range of and variety of pictures of Maori by European artists often revealed more about the artists, their society and its attitudes, than they did about the Maori themselves.
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- PublisherAuckland University Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 1869400623
- ISBN 13 9781869400620
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages291
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Book Description hardback. 1st edition. How did the European settler perceive MÄ ori? What images of Maori society and culture did European artists create for their distant audiences? What preconceptions and aesthetic models lay behind early European depictions of Maori? These are some of the questions explored by art historian Leonard Bell in this major study of the relationship between the visual representation of Maori and the ideology of colonialism. He explores the complex and unbalanced cultural interchange between Europeans and Maori in nineteenth-century New Zealand, in addition to showing how the great range and variety of pictures often revealed more about the artists - and their society and its attitudes – than they did about MÄ ori themselves. This lively and readable book is well illustrated with examples of the artists' work and will be an important contribution to the understanding of colonial New Zealand and the role played by the artist in expressing and creating cultural patterns. Seller Inventory # 8054835
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COLONIAL CONSTRUCTS, European Images of Maori 1840-1914
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Book Description 1st Ed. XVI, 291 PP with 150 b/w reproductions in text plus 8 colour plates. Gilt-engraved hard cover, dj. Rear endpaper with a crease. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 25.8 x 20. The way Europeans represented Maoris in colonial New Zealand: cultural interchange between Europeans & non-Europeans, relationships between visual representation & colonialism. Seller Inventory # 57768
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Colonial Constructs - European Images Of Maori 1840-1914
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xvi, 291, [1 (blank)] pages. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Colour and black-and-white illustrations. Page dimensions: 252mm x 187mm. Selected contents: The 1840s and Early 1850s: G. F. Angus, S. C. Brees, R. A. Oliver, J. J. Merrett, C. Clarke, W. Beetham, and J. W. Carmichael; Gilfillan and Strutt; Representations Of Maori by Artists Active In New Zealand in the 1860s; Late Nineteenth-/Early Twentieth-Century Historical Paintings; Lindauer's Paintings Of Maori Customs and Legend; Wilhelm Dittmer. Seller Inventory # 23264
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Leonard Bell examines the complex and unbalanced cultural interchange between European and Maori in 19th-century New Zealand and the relationship between visual representation and the ideology of colonialism. "The focus is not on Maori culture and history and Maori-European interactions, but on European images of these. Nor is the book a study of social and political history, for which the visual representations primarily provide illustrations. The first concern is representation - the process of representations made by Europeans for Europeans"--Page 2. Description: xvi, 291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 26 cm Contents: 1. The 1840s and Early 1850s : G.F. Angas, S.C. Brees, R.A. Oliver, J.J. Merrett, C. Clarke, W. Beetham, and J.W. Carmichael -- 2. Gilfillan and Strutt -- 3. Representations of Maori by Artists Active in New Zealand in the 1860s -- 4. Late Nineteenth-/Early Twentieth-Century Historical Paintings -- 5. Lindauer's Paintings of Maori Customs and Legend -- 6. Wilhelm Dittmer. Seller Inventory # 2mgs640
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