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Art of the Northwest Coast |
Author: Aldona Jonaitis
Published: 2006-10-30 |
List price: $26.95
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 Art of the Northwest Coast
This book appears to be designed as a text book. Jonaitis is a professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Size (6 3/4 x 9 3/4) is right for a backpack. The print appears to have been shrunk to fit the book; size of type in descriptions of work is particularly tiny. The bibliography is in the form of a "Biographic Essay" rather than the usual list form and seems to be a schoolboy approach and makes finding a particular reference difficult. I found no reference listing other sources taking a historical or chronological approach, which would have been helpful. References to times of early pieces are in terms of BCA and CA, which appears to be some sort of scholastic approach preferred to BC and AD.
Amazon's description of the book notes that the book is against a an approach assuming a time of decline. Aldonis references "what is commonly called the `Northwest Coast renaissance," stating that the revival of the art in late 20th century was a continuation of the art and involved a number of artists. She, Steve Brown, and Robert Davidson have taken this position previously, which position is a reaction to the position that the renaissance or whatever is the product of one man, Bill Reid. There appears to be a real effort on the part of special interests supporting Reid to have him identified as the sole cause, which results in a distortion of the history of the art and should be addressed..
I have never heard Lalooska referred to as Lalooska Smith, rather than Lalooska or Don Smith. The book touches on migrations of forms of the art; I would like more. The "renaissance" is largely a phenomenon of increased demand for the art by non-Indians and a result of application of the Econ. 1, law of supply and demand. No one (including the Reid proponents) has addressed who buys or why they buy resulting in the current increase demand for the art. A real factor in today's market for the art is the internet. Sometime some historian should address its impact on demand. All in all a good book well priced.
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