THE DISCOVERY OF the PARADISE: OCEANIA
Subtitle: Curious, browsers and scholars
Author: A. NOTTER
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts, Arras: 22.03 – 22.06.1997
Publisher: Somogy Editions d’Art, Paris, 1997. Hardcover cardboard black editor with title in gilt hollow under jacket illustrated color in very good condition, in-4, size: 26 x 29 cm, ISBN 2-85056-274 -2
Content:. 252 p, 250 ill. col., 1 cards, biblio., appendices, references, index
Additional information: original edition. Book exhausted become rare. Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the museum curators Association of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
State of the work: Very good condition like new
Description
“They were experts in maritime navigation. They were men of great learning. And they were imbued with curiosity about these beings, brandishing exotic weapons, which are dressed in costumes adorned with strange decorations, who behaved in a manner so bizarre and chattered in incomprehensible languages. Over time, they learned that these men were from a distant country called Europe and they too were curious browsers and scholars. “- More than 220 papers – sculptures, masks, weapons, cape, hairstyles, models, engravings – evidenced in this work, the epic Pacific with the support and participation of a large number of collective contributions of authors .
Additional information
| Weight | 2010 g |
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| Dimensions | 26 × 29 cm |
