OCEANIC ART
by Alberto Cesare Ambesi, translated by R Montgomery
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- AS NEW book in AS NEW price-clipped dust jacket
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hamlyn, London 1970 Hardcover, 7 1/2" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW price-clipped dust jacket Grey cloth-bound hardcover with gold type to spine, map, 71 COLOR PLATES, and dust jacket. The function of Oceanic Art differs greatly from Western art; beauty & emotional expression are out - myths, legends & the world of gods are in. Natives of the South Seas inhabit a world of surprising complexity, leading lives bounded by myths and legends which areintimately dependent on the power of super-natural forces
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- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31087
- Title
- OCEANIC ART
- Author
- Alberto Cesare Ambesi, translated by R Montgomery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 7 1/2" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- New AS NEW book in AS NEW price-clipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamlyn, London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 160 pages
- Keywords
- oceania carvings figures weapons statues rock paintings bar Ethnic and Tribal Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
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