Art of the American Indian Frontier examines an incomparable collection of nineteenth-century Native American art from the North American Woodlands, Prairie, and Plains. The collection resulted from the efforts of Milford G. Chandler and Richard A. Pohrt, whose early childhood fascination with the Indian frontier past evolved into a deep and comprehensive interest in Native American ceremonies, beliefs, and art. Though neither was wealthy or enjoyed the sponsorship of a museum, they traveled extensively early in the twentieth century, buying or trading for objects they could not resist. This volume presents the Detroit Institute of Art's Chandler-Pohrt collection with detailed documentation and commentary. Clothing and accessories of porcupine quill and buckskin, woven textiles, bags, beadwork, necklaces, rawhide paintings, smoking pipes, tools, vessels and utensils, pictographs, and visionary paintings are portrayed in 220 stunning color plates. Complementing the illustrations are essays dealing with historical context, ethnographic issues, and the lives and philosophies of the collectors.

Art of the American Indian Frontier: The Chandler-Pohrt Collection

Arts & Photography

Penney, David W.

History & Criticism

Detroit Inst of Arts

The Detroit Institute of Arts is blessed with large, encyclopedic and significant collections, the legacy of more than ten decades of public-spirited Detroiters. This book surveys the contributions of the many individuals whose efforts have put the institution in the first rank of world museums. Founded in 1885 by a group of affluent Detroiters who wished to establish an institution to bring the attributes of culture to their growing city, the DIA today is a place for aesthetic pleasure, quiet contemplation, and individual discovery- a cultural asset for the city and the state. William Peck traces the development of the DIA-from the early patrons whose vision launched the project; through its expansion, major acquisitions, and changes in leadership; to its position in 1991 as one of the top museums in the country.

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Visitor's Guide

Detroit Institute Of Arts

A Culinary Collection: A Cookbook from the Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit Institute of Arts Staff

This book is a beautiful presentation of the Paintings from the Manoogian Colletion that was on display in 1989. All of the painting in this collection are presented in this book as well as the Artists' Biographies.

American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection

National Gallery of Art. Manoogian, Richard

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Forest, Prairie, Plains: Native American Art from the Chandler-Pohrt Collection

FOREST

Symbolism in Polish Painting 1880-1914

Morawinska, Agnieszka

The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History

History

Peck, William H.

Americas

A catalog to accompany an exhibition held at the Detroit Institute of Arts September 24, 1991 to February 9, 1992.\ The Institute collection consists of over 15,000 pieces; it ranks among the most important such collections in the US. The works selected for this exhibit represent the major forms of vestments used in the western Catholic tradition, such as copes, dalmatics, and chasubles, as well as some pieces from the Eastern Church.

Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Institute of Arts

Barnet, Peter

Table of Contents:Leaders to the ExhibitionForewardPreface and AcknowledgementsIntroduction; Course of Design at the Turn of the CenturyCatalogue of the ExhibitionBiographiesBibliiographyIndex

Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit

Wilkinson, Mary Ann

The Car and the Camera: The Detroit School of Automotive Photography

Featuring fifty color and twenty black-and-white photographs, a survey of automobile photography from the fifties to the nineties traces the technological advances and cultural shifts that have affected the ways in which cars have been advertised. Original. UP.

David Lanier Lewis

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