The Plains Indians : artists of earth and sky / Gaylord Torrence.

"In this exhibition, you will discover objects produced by 135 artists; objects that offer an unprecedented view of the continuity of the aesthetic traditions of the Plains Indians, from the 16th to the 20th century."--Musée du quai Branly brochure. The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky celeb...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Torrence, Gaylord (Author, Curator)
Corporate Authors:	Musée du quai Branly (Host institution) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Host institution) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Host institution)
Language:	English
Published:	Paris : New York : Musée du quai Branly : Éditions Skira ; Skira Rizzoli, [2014]
Subjects:	Musée du quai Branly > Exhibitions. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art > Exhibitions. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) > Exhibitions. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Musée du quai Branly. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Indigenous peoples of North America > Great Plains > Exhibitions. Indigenous peoples of North America > Great Plains > Antiquities > Exhibitions. Indigenous peoples of North America > Great Plains > Pictorial works > Exhibitions. Indigenous art > Great Plains > Exhibitions. Indigenous peoples of North America > Material culture > Great Plains > Exhibitions. Indigenous peoples of North America > Clothing > Great Plains > Exhibitions. Indigenous peoples of North America > Great Plains > Rites and ceremonies > Exhibitions. Indian art. Indians of North America. Indians of North America > Clothing. Indians of North America > Material culture. Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies. Great Plains. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition, pictorial works.
Genre:	Exhibitions. Pictorial works Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition, pictorial works.
Physical Description:	317 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits ; 30 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Preface / Stéphane Martin
Preface / Julían Zugazagoitia
Introduction / Gaylord Torrence
Change and survival on the Great Plains / Colin G. Calloway
Artists of earth and sky / Arthur Amiotte
Ancient peoples
Life on the Great Plains, 1700-1820
Cultural florescence, 1820-1860
Death of the buffalo, 1860-1880
Islands of former ancestral homelands, 1880-1910
Lives coming together and apart, 1910-1965
Artistic revival in contemporary life, 1965-2013
List of works exhibited.