The Marquesans and their art. Volume III: The collections.
In the wind of the islands| N° d'inventaire | 23995 |
| Format | 24.5 x 31 |
| Détails | 276 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | French Polynesia, 2016 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782367340722 |
The Marquesans and Their Art is a must-read for anyone interested in Marquesan civilization and Eastern Polynesia. It is the result of a detailed study of the various forms of artistic expression—then threatened with extinction—conducted by Karl von den Steinen, a German doctor in the archipelago at the end of the 19th century. It has been a reference work since its first publication in 1925. Its success for nearly a century has never been denied, even though French-speaking readers had to wait until 2005 to benefit from it thanks to the translation initiated by the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands.
These three volumes represent a remarkable and unequalled body of knowledge on the art of tattooing in Polynesia, preceded by historical and ethnographic data (volume I), material culture and the art of tiki (volume II) abundantly illustrated and completed by "The Collections" (volume III) bringing together part of the iconography evoked in the two previous volumes. A work that combines methodological rigor with genuine encounters with the population and thus contributes to the preservation of a remarkable part of the history of civilizations.
Karl von den Steinen conducted his investigation of Marquesan art from August 1897 to February 1898. Only rare ancient pieces survived on the archipelago, having escaped looting or destruction by visitors and colonizers. Karl von den Steinen therefore supplemented his fieldwork with public and private collections from Europe and North America. This third volume, like a catalog, completes the two previous ones by classifying a large part of the abundant iconography collected by the author.
A co-edition of “Au vent des îles” and “The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands”.
The Marquesans and Their Art is a must-read for anyone interested in Marquesan civilization and Eastern Polynesia. It is the result of a detailed study of the various forms of artistic expression—then threatened with extinction—conducted by Karl von den Steinen, a German doctor in the archipelago at the end of the 19th century. It has been a reference work since its first publication in 1925. Its success for nearly a century has never been denied, even though French-speaking readers had to wait until 2005 to benefit from it thanks to the translation initiated by the Museum of Tahiti and the Islands.
These three volumes represent a remarkable and unequalled body of knowledge on the art of tattooing in Polynesia, preceded by historical and ethnographic data (volume I), material culture and the art of tiki (volume II) abundantly illustrated and completed by "The Collections" (volume III) bringing together part of the iconography evoked in the two previous volumes. A work that combines methodological rigor with genuine encounters with the population and thus contributes to the preservation of a remarkable part of the history of civilizations.
Karl von den Steinen conducted his investigation of Marquesan art from August 1897 to February 1898. Only rare ancient pieces survived on the archipelago, having escaped looting or destruction by visitors and colonizers. Karl von den Steinen therefore supplemented his fieldwork with public and private collections from Europe and North America. This third volume, like a catalog, completes the two previous ones by classifying a large part of the abundant iconography collected by the author.