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Article: Oceanic Art - Ozeanisch Kunst - Art Oceanien.
- Article from:
- The Contemporary Pacific
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Oceanic Art, by Nicholas Thomas. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. ISBN 0-500-20281-8, 216 pages, figures, maps, color plates, photographs, index, references. Paper, 6.95 [pounds sterling]; US$14.95; NZ$29.95.
The publication of two books with the same title, in the same year, that are poles apart in their presentation, demonstrates some of the general conceptual issues in relating art and culture, and the problems of interpretation that trouble our understanding of the art of other cultural worlds. Both books are intended as broad regional surveys designed for very wide readerships. A third volume under review here is much more modest in its scope and audience, ...