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Article: Oceanic Art.
- Article from:
- The Contemporary Pacific
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Oceanic Art--Ozeanisch Kunst--Art Oceanien, by Anthony J P Meyer. Cologne: Konemann, 1995. ISBN 3-89508-080-2, 640 pages (in 2 volumes), figures, maps, drawings, color plates, photographs, foldouts, glossary, reading list. A$150.00; NZ$189.00. Distributed by Edition Habit Press for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.(*)
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 ...