Oceania

The Shape of Time

Maia Nuku

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Metropolitan Museum of Art
21 July 2023

The Arts: General & Reference

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Offering a fresh look at Oceania that incorporates new scholarship and perspectives from Indigenous voices, this book uses art to explore histories of expression and aesthetic innovation that epitomize this vast and expansive region.

The visual arts of Oceania tell a wealth of dynamic stories about origins, ancestral power, performance, and initiation. This publication explores the deeply rooted connections between Austronesian-speaking peoples, whose ancestral homelands span Island Southeast Asia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the island archipelagoes of the northern and eastern Pacific. Unlike previous books, it foregrounds Indigenous perspectives, alongside multidisciplinary research in art history, ethnography, and archaeology, to provide an intimate look at Oceania, its art, and its culture. Stunning new photography highlights more than 130 magnificent objects, ranging from elaborately carved ancestral figures in ceremonial houses, towering slit drums, and dazzling turtle-shell masks to polished whale ivory breastplates. Underscoring the powerful interplay between the ocean and its islands, and the ongoing connection with spiritual and ancestral realms, Oceania:

The Shape of Time presents an art-focused approach to life and culture while guiding readers through the artistic achievements of Islanders across millennia.

Exhibition Schedule:

Museum of Art Pudong, Shanghai

(June 1–August 20, 2023)

National Museum of Qatar, Doha

(October 16, 2023–January 15, 2024)

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

By: Maia Nuku
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 241mm,
ISBN: 9781588397669
ISBN 10: 1588397661
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 21 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Oceania

The Shape of Time

Maia Nuku

$82.95

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