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Carved Histories: Rotorua Ngati Tarawhai Carving
Description
A companion volume to Painted Histories.Covering the Ngati Tarawhai carvers' distinctive style from pre-European times to the present day, this account presents a vivid analysis of Maori woodcarving. As the most prolific school of their kind in New Zealand, the Ngati Tarawhai have played a critical role in the development and survival of this particular art form. Spanning from the end of the New Zealand wars to the beginning of "tourist art," this chronicle explores their creations, outlining the relationships between the carvers and their Maori patrons.
Biographies of Ngati Tarawhai artists and a list of all known carvings are also included.
Table of contents
Contents include: 1. Introduction -- 2. Early History of Ngati Tarawhai -- 3. Later History of Ngati Tarawhai -- 4. Ngati Tarawhai and the New Zealand Wars -- 5. Ngati Tarawhai as an Iwi -- 6. The Woodcarvers of Ngati Tarawhai -- 7. Connections with Ngati Pikiao Woodcarving -- 8. Art and Theory -- 9. Style, Text and Causality -- 10. Nineteenth Century Concepts of Art in New Zealand -- 11. Maori Carving and endash; Idea and Act -- 12. From Canoes to Meeting Houses -- 13. Maori Patronage -- 14. European Patronage -- 15. Early Tourist Art in Rotorua -- 16. Individual Carvers and their Styles -- 17. The Changing Language -- 18. Changing Patronage -- 19. Changing Consciousness -- 20. Conclusion.Stock Information
General Fields
- : 9781869404260
- : Auckland University Press
- : Auckland University Press
- : 260mm X 185mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : colour and b&w illustrations
- : Carving & carvings; Art of indigenous peoples; History of specific subjects
- : 450
- : 736.40993423
- : Paperback
- : Roger Neich
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