Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860 - Couverture souple

Hooper, Steven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0824830849 ISBN 13 : 9780824830847

Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2006

Synopsis

Pacific Encounters brings together for the first time many stunning Polynesian objects collected by voyagers and missionaries during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Illustrated are over 270 items gathered from the major regions of Polynesia. Many are from the British Museum, which houses fine and rare material from the expeditions of Captain Cook, Captain Vancouver, and members of the London Missionary Society. Ranging from massive images of gods to small fish hooks, they are discussed in the contexts of their local use and meanings, and their journeys to museums all over the world. These pieces have remarkable stories to tell of encounters between humans and their gods, between Polynesians and Europeans, their respective chiefs and priests, beliefs, and technologies.

Pacific Encounters is a groundbreaking book that conveys the wonder and excitement not only of the objects themselves, but of the fascinating Polynesian cultures that produced them.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steven Hooper is director of the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, University of East Anglia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Hawai'i Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824830849
• ISBN 13: 9780824830847
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible