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Oceania: The Shape of Time

Oceania: The Shape of Time

Nuku, Maia

Hardcover

AnthropologyAustralian & Oceanian ArtGeneral Art

Publisher Price: $50.00

ISBN10: 1588397661
ISBN13: 9781588397669
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Published: May 23 2023
Pages: 208
Weight: 3.04
Height: 1.02 Width: 9.61 Depth: 10.79
Language: English
Offering a fresh look at Oceania that incorporates new scholarship and perspectives from Indigenous voices, this book uses art to explore histories of expression and aesthetic innovation that epitomize this vast and expansive region.

The visual arts of Oceania tell a wealth of dynamic stories about origins, ancestral power, performance, and initiation. This publication explores the deeply rooted connections between Austronesian-speaking peoples, whose ancestral homelands span Island Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the island archipelagoes of the northern and eastern Pacific. Unlike previous books, it foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, alongside multidisciplinary research in art history, ethnography, and archaeology, to provide an intimate look at Oceania, its art, and its culture. Stunning new photography highlights more than 130 magnificent objects, ranging from elaborately carved ancestral figures in ceremonial houses, towering slit drums, and dazzling turtle-shell masks to polished whale ivory breastplates. Underscoring the powerful interplay between the ocean and its islands, and the ongoing connection with spiritual and ancestral realms, Oceania: The Shape of Time presents an art-focused approach to life and culture while guiding readers through the artistic achievements of Islanders across millennia.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

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