Arts / Art- History / Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia by Peter Sutton

• Book Title: Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia
• Author: Peter Sutton
• ISBN: 0807612014
• Publisher: George Braziller
• Year Published: August, 1997
• Our Price: £88.00 GBP ($145.20 USD)
• Description: George Braziller 1991: first reprint of the 1988 first edition: hardcover in dustjacket: approximately 9.5 x 11 inches tall: 266 pages including index: Black and white and colour illustrations (many full-page) through out. Synopsis: A comprehensive overview of the oldest art in the world: that of the Aborigines of Australia, whose traditional art forms are a manifestation of religious belief based on a concept known in English as The Dreaming; and include images of The Dreaming beings, their places of travel and habitation, and their experiences with a range of media, including bark paintings, sculpture, shields, and recent acrylic paintings. The team contributing to this publication are Dr Christopher Anderson, Curator, Social Anthropology; Philip Jones, Curator, Social History ; Stephen Heming, Curator, Aboriginal History; and Francoise Dussart, Anthropologist. The editor Dr Peter Sutton is Head of the Division of Anthropology at the South Australian Museum; he has lived with Australian aboriginal people in many parts of Australia and worked with them as a scholar and in the field of applied anthropology. He has written publications about aboriginal culture and language and was curator of the ' Dreamings: the Art of aboriginal Australia ' exhibition . Over 300 illustrations and 155 colour plates are included. Condition: very clean and good overall/ almost as new
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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