Art of Native America

The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

Gaylord Torrence, Ned Blackhawk, Sylvia Yount

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
30 October 2018

A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history

This landmark publication presents Native American art within the broader context of American art history, through an examination of notable works from a major private collection. The insightful texts provide a new evaluation of the art, culture, and daily life of numerous North American tribes, including Acoma, Apache, Cheyenne, Creek, Crow, Hopi-Twea, Kiowa, Lakota, Pomo, Seneca, Seminole, Tlingit, and Zuni, among others.

The works featured in this lavish volume span centuries, from the period prior to contact with European settlers through the early 20th century, and represent the extensive artistic achievements of culturally distinct indigenous peoples. Both known and unrecorded makers’ innovative visions are manifest in a wide variety of aesthetic forms and media—from painting, sculpture, and drawing to costume, ceramics, and baskets. Challenging traditional presentations of American Indian art, this publication situates and analyzes them alongside other North American artistic practices.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

(10/01/18–10/06/19)

By: Gaylord Torrence
Contributions by: Ned Blackhawk, Sylvia Yount
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 1.442kg
ISBN: 9781588396624
ISBN 10: 1588396622
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 30 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gaylord Torrence is Fred and Virginia Merrill Senior Curator of American Indian Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Ned Blackhawk is professor of history and American studies, Yale University. Sylvia Yount is Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge in the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Reviews for Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection

Essential reading --Laura Beach, Antiques and the Arts Weekly An exciting and expansive survey of rare North American Native material and a detailed book to dive into it. --Antiques and the Arts Weekly