The Spirit of Native America: Beauty and Mysticism in American Indian Art

by Anna Lee Walters

Book Overview

Art and religion are two words that have no equivalents in languages spoken by Native Americans. Yet these intensely spiritual people created objects for everyday use that are unsurpassed for sheer beauty, originality, and craftsmanship. The Spirit of Native America explains this apparent contradiction in language as rich in symbolism as the art itself. Stunning full-color photography augments the text, yielding a new perspective on this often misunderstood facet of Native American culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877015155
• ISBN13: 9780877015154
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Visually inspiring.

This book is a culmination of all that makes us part of the earth. The beauty that The American Indian sees is one of pure refinement and Mother Nature content. This book recently inspired a twelve-year old to paint, in an expression of renaissance art, for a history project at Malibu. High School. The picture is Crooked River, Maine (photographed by Willard Clay).