Aboriginal Art

by Wally Caruana

Book Overview

A superlative introduction to the diversity of Aboriginal art, this concise survey introduces the work of Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. For some 50,000 years,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500202648
• ISBN13: 9780500202647
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Mind Blowing

This is a truly great book about a truly mind blowing development in the otherwise tepid (and too often phoney) world of contemporary art. Most of the artists represented are in my view among the greatest I've ever encountered, from any time or any place, anwhere. The fact that their work projects ancient traditions in a manner both faithful to those traditions and at the same time so original and vital is truly mind bending. Caruana's discussion of the work and explication of so many interesting and important details is highly instructive and enlightening. I recommend this book unequivocally to anyone with an eye and mind open to the possibilities of art and the power of symbolism.

Useful, complex, covers a wide range of Aboriginal Art

I found this book useful, rich and varied, covering many aspects of this beautiful artwork, intermixing the Dreamtime stories with information about the many different geographical regions, artists and forms of art with (admittedly) small but powerful reproductions.