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Aboriginal Art by Howard Morphy (Paperback, 1998)

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Author:-Morphy, Howard. Title:-Aboriginal Art (Art & Ideas). Genre:-Art of indigenous peoples.

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For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have been making art. A manifestation of the creative forces of Dreamtime, art is also a fundamental means of expressing individual and group identity. Howard Morphy surveys the great variety in Aboriginal art, showing the inter-relationships between such diverse art forms as body painting, dance, the decoration of weapons and utensils, and painting on bark and canvas.

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PublisherPhaidon Press LTD

ISBN-139780714837529

eBay Product ID (ePID)88435650

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Book TitleAboriginal Art

AuthorHoward Morphy

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

Number of Pages448 Pages

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Item Height220mm

Item Width160mm

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Title_AuthorHoward Morphy

Series TitleArt & Ideas

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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by keitwalke-58
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by LgjTQe_VRyy@Deleted
11 May, 2016
Lightweight with great features
There was much of interest in the book, but I get put off by this modern style of historical writing, a style better suited to journalism, it's more "matey", where the writer has to be almost permanently onstage with the flow of the narrative. For example I don't much care about the long walk it took to get to the museum and the ache in his muscles, and what colour the guide's hair was that led him there, I just want sensible facts about the subject he's writing about. A 300-page book is packed out with this stuff, whereas the actual historical information could be imparted in something like a 2000-word blog. That said, it's eminently readable, which is what the market wants, serving to keep less hungry minds nourished between tube stops or train stations or whatever. Go figure.
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