PublishedPhaidon Press, October 1998 |
ISBN9780714837529 |
FormatSoftcover, 448 pages |
Dimensions22cm × 16cm × 2.7cm |
For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have been making art. A manifestation of the creative forces of Dreamtime, art is also a fundamental means of expressing individual and group identity. Howard Morphy surveys the great variety in Aboriginal art, showing the inter-relationships between such diverse art forms as body painting, dance, the decoration of weapons and utensils, and painting on bark and canvas.