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Pottery by American Indian Women: The Legacy of Generations
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Manufacturer: Abbeville Kids
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This book provides a very personal look at three generations of American Indian women who madeand are still makingthe 20th century's most beautiful and important traditional pottery.
American Indian pottery is part of an age-old tradition, reflecting a heritage of powerful social, religious, and material values. Traditionally a women's art, modern American Indian women use it even now to express themselves through new and original designs. This book explores the history of American Indian pottery, the materials and methods of its construction, and the evolution of its eloquent forms and ornamentation.
The author gives in-depth personal introductions to three generations of American Indian potters: the craft's six well-known matriarchs, their biological descendants who have maintained and expanded the tradition, and their modern-day avant-garde followerscraftswomen who work with traditional methods but in nontraditional styles and who continue to live in accordance with their cultural heritage.
The work of 29 womenamong them Maria Martinez, Margaret Tafoya, Lucy M. Lewis, Dextra Nampeyo, and Dorothy Toriviois presented in specially commissioned photographs, with detailed explanations of their themes, techniques, and meanings. Archival photographs of the potters at work provide further insight into this important craft.
130 full-color illustrations, 20 archival photographs
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 738.082
EAN: 9780789203533
ISBN: 0789203537
Label: Abbeville Kids
Manufacturer: Abbeville Kids
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1997-08
Publisher: Abbeville Kids
Studio: Abbeville Kids
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Stunning book highlighting the innovators of Indian pottery - 




Susan Peterson has done a fabulous job highlighting the matriarchs (Nampeyo, Maria Martinez, Lucy Lewis, Margaret Tafoya), matrilineal line (Fanny and Dextra Nampeyo, The Lewis Women, Lu Ann Tafoya, Nancy Youngblood Lugo), and avant-gard (Alice Cling, Nora Naranjo-Morse, Jacquie Stevens) women artists who have maintained and expanded this ancient art form into the 20th-century. This retrospective featuring innovators of Native American pottery is a beautifully-illustrated book and a must for anyone interested in this art form. You will not be disappointed. Buy it while you can in the clothbound edition.
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