Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art.pdf

NY Graphic Society | 1969 | 0870990438 | English | PDF | 270 pages | 23.7 Mb

The works in this exhibition come from many places and differ in many ways: in their materials and techniques, in the circumstances of their production and use, in their social and symbolic roles, in their craftsmanship, size, appearance, and style. In fact, their differences—geographical, temporal, functional, and esthetic—so much outweigh their similarities, that if one looks at them individually, one doubtless questions how and why they are related