Northwest coast Indian art;: An analysis of form, (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum)

Politics & Social Sciences

HOLM, Bill

Social Sciences

University of Washington Press

The masterworks of Northwest Coast Indians are admired today as among the great achievements of the world's primitive artisans. The painted and carved wooden screens, chests and boxes for storage and cooking, dishes, rattles, crest hats, and other ceremonial paraphernalia reveal a rare artistic virtuosity and document the unique involvement of these craftsmen with their environment.
After many years of examining countless artifacts, from Bella Coola to Yakutat Bay, and after himself creating objects in the same style, artist-teacher Bill Holm makes available the results of his investigation in this handsomely illustrated volume. With his deep knowledge and understanding of Indian art, the author has recognized how these pieces, although varied in origin, material, size, and purpose, are related to a surprising degree in the organization and form of their two-dimensional surface decoration.
The author presents an incisive analysis of the use of color, line, and texture; the organization of space; and such typical forms as ovoids, eyelids, U forms, and hands and feet. The evidence upon which he bases his conclusions constitutes a repository of valuable information for all succeeding researchers in the field.

Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Crooked beak of heaven;: Masks and other ceremonial art of the Northwest coast, (Index of art in the Pacific Northwest)

Book is in good condition. Has some shelf wear.

Edward Curtis has become legendary for his photographs of native Americans. In the sepia tones of his still shots are the unforgettable faces that are immediately recognizable as Curtis' photography. In 1914, he made the first full-length motion picture of an aboriginal North American society. "In the Land of the Head-Hunters" portrayed the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Coast in dramatic and vibrant style. Curtis hoped for critical acclaim and financial reward from this film, yet while it was highly praised by reviewers, it was a financial disaster. After its premiere in New York and Seattle, it slipped into obscurity for sixty years until George Quimby and Bill Holm presented a restored version in 1974. It now ranks with "Nanook of the North" as an ethnographic film classic. When a copy surfaced in the late 1940s, it was faded, scratched, and brittle. Holm and Quimby eventually patched and edited the footage, added sound, and changed the title to "In the Lane of the War Canoes" to better reflect the subject matter. By working directly with the Kwakiutl, many of whom had acted in the orignal film, they remained true Curtis' intent and style. The result is a unique documentary of a culture now long removed frommany of its traditions. This book is a tribute to Curtis' genius. The authors spent nearly ten years restoring his film, and as they worked, they came to know well and respect the man behind the camera. Using much hitherto unpublished material - oral histories fromIndians who had worked with Curtis, and newly discovered records, correspondence, and photographs - they present Curtis as photographer, entrepreneur, ethnologist, and sometime family man. Their careful recording of the procedures they used ot restore the film is a valuable historical document in itself. It will be of interest to anthropologists, filmmakers and film historians, and all who admire Curtis' Indian photographs.

Edward S. Curtis in the land of the war canoes: A pioneer cinematographer in the Pacific Northwest (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum monographs)

Humor & Entertainment

The Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art

The box of daylight: Northwest coast Indian art

Seattle Art Museum

Shows and describes the background of Indian headdresses, masks, amulets, baskets, helmets, totem poles, rattles, blankets, tunics and drums

Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Monographs, No 4)

Univ of Washington Pr

In October 1863, Reverend Robert J. Dundas of Scotland purchased eighty ceremonial objects that missionary William Duncan had acquired from Tsimshian Indians living along the coast of British Columbia. The collection included carved clubs, masks, rattles, bowls, and headdresses. It remained in the Dundas family until October 2006, when it was sold at auction for more than seven million dollars, a record for a private collection of Northwest art. 
This stunning book is the permanent record of the collection before much of it was repatriated to Native communities and the remainder was disbursed to museums and individuals. Thirty-six masterpieces of Tsimshian art are displayed in fifty full-color photographs. Essays by leading scholars of Northwest Coast art describe the history and importance of this extraordinary collection. 
Donald Ellis is a dealer in North American Native art. He played a major role in the acquisition of part of the Dundas Collection, and in the organization of the subsequent exhibition and book. Steven Clay Brown is a former curator of Native American art at the Seattle Art Museum who has written five books on Northwest Coast art, as well as articles and essays for many other publications. Bill Holm is a writer, former curator at the Burke Museum and University of Washington professor emeritus of art history. Alan L. Hoover is a former curator and manager at the Royal BC Museum who has written extensively on the culture and art of Northwest Coast peoples. Sarah Milroy is a former editor of Canadian Art magazine who has written widely on Canadian art, notably for The Globe and Mail. William White is a Tsimshian Chilkat weaver and a director of the Museum of Northern British Columbia in Prince Rupert.
"This collection gives us a remarkable measure, a dated picture of the arts of the Tsimshian of the northern Northwest Coast in the early years of outsider contact. Because of this, the Dundas collection stands out as a unique and valuable source of information, eminently useful in establishing the characteristics of northern British Columbia Native art in the middle years of the nineteenth century." - Bill Holm

Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection

Brown, Steven Clay

Ellis,Donald

The 50th anniversary edition of this classic work on the art of Northwest Coast Indians now offers color illustrations for a new generation of readers along with reflections from contemporary Northwest Coast artists about the impact of this book. The masterworks of Northwest Coast Native artists are admired today as among the great achievements of the world's artists. The painted and carved wooden screens, chests and boxes, rattles, crest hats, and other artworks display the complex and sophisticated northern Northwest Coast style of art that is the visual language used to illustrate inherited crests and tell family stories. In the 1950s Bill Holm, a graduate student of Dr. Erna Gunther, former Director of the Burke Museum, began a systematic study of northern Northwest Coast art. In 1965, after studying hundreds of bentwood boxes and chests, he published Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form. This book is a foundational reference on northern Northwest Coast Native art. Through his careful studies, Bill Holm described this visual language using new terminology that has become part of the established vocabulary that allows us to talk about works like these and understand changes in style both through time and between individual artists' styles. Holm examines how these pieces, although varied in origin, material, size, and purpose, are related to a surprising degree in the organization and form of their two-dimensional surface decoration. The author presents an incisive analysis of the use of color, line, and texture; the organization of space; and such typical forms as ovoids, eyelids, U forms, and hands and feet. The evidence upon which he bases his conclusions constitutes a repository of valuable information for all succeeding researchers in the field. Replaces ISBN 9780295951027

Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form, 50th Anniversary Edition (Native Art of the Pacific Northwest: A Bill Holm Center)

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Northwest coast Indian art;: An analysis of form, (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum)

Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form

Crooked beak of heaven;: Masks and other ceremonial art of the Northwest coast, (Index of art in the Pacific Northwest)

Crooked beak of heaven;: Masks and other ceremonial art of the Northwest coast, (Index of art in the Pacific Northwest)

Edward S. Curtis in the land of the war canoes: A pioneer cinematographer in the Pacific Northwest (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum monographs)

The Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art

The Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art

Spirit and Ancestor: A Century of Northwest Coast Indian Art in the Burke Museum (Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, Monographs, No 4)

Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection

Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form, 50th Anniversary Edition (Native Art of the Pacific Northwest: A Bill Holm Center)