Glubok, Shirley

This introduction to Japanese art discusses the meaning of various symbols, the influence of religion on art, and makes art a part of every day life in Japan.

Examples of primitive African art, from many different tribes, with explanations of their use and meaning. Includes statues, masks, reliefs, headdresses, and household objects, made from ivory, gold, wood, bronze, and brass.

Examples of primitive African art, from many different tribes, with explanations of their use and meaning. Includes statues, masks, reliefs, headdresses, and household objects, made from ivory, gold, wood, bronze, and brass.

Discusses how the paintings, architecture, furniture, sculpture, and other visual arts produced from 1776-1826 reflected the way of life in the new American nation.

Describes the masks, dolls, pipes, soapstone, and ivory carvings and graphics of the Eskimo. Also discusses how the carvers discover the shapes in an ivory tusk through humming and singing.

Discussions of colonial paintings, buildings, and household objects trace the history of art in colonial America.

Discusses how the paintings, architecture, furniture, sculpture, and other visual arts produced from 1776-1826 reflected the way of life in the new American nation.

Discussions of colonial paintings, buildings, and household objects trace the history of art in colonial America.