Splendid Isolation - Art of Easter Island (Art Ebook).pdf

Kjellgren, Eric, et al., "Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island"
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art | 2001 | ISBN: 158839011X/0300090781 | English | PDF | 80 pages | 9.13 Mb

Easter Island is home to the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people who developed a unique series of artistic traditions. This is an examination of the island's diverse artistic heritage. It presents and discusses over 50 works, ranging from robust stone images to refined wooden sculpture.

Few Pacific islands hold as prominent a place in the Western imagination as Easter Island. The most remote inhabited place on earth, Easter Island is home to the Rapa Nui, a Polynesian people who developed a unique series of artistic traditions. While the island is renowned for the colossal stone figures that adorned its temples, much of its art remains unfamiliar to wider audiences. This book examines the island’s diverse artistic heritage and presents and discusses more than fifty works.