Haitian Art Legend and Legacy of the Naive Tradition Davenport Art Gallery 1985

Description: Hatian Art Legend and Legacy of the Naive Tradition Davenport Art Gallery 1985 Haitian Art Legend and Legacy of the Naive Tradition Davenport Art Gallery 1985 Description TITLE Haitian Art The Legend and Legacy of the Naive Tradition AUTHOR By L. G. Hoffman PUBLISHER AND COPYRIGHT Published for the Davenport Art Gallery by Beaux Arts Fund Committee 1985 SIZE and ATTRIBUTES Softcover book measuring 8-3/4" x 11", 252 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Many illustrations in both color and black and white. CONDITION Very good. Light edge wear to covers. Price label on back cover. Tight and clean. COMMENTS This manuscript explains one of the most magical artistic developments in this century, which as become legendary with the passage of time, It is the story about the discovery of naive Haitian Art and its subsequent impact that captured the imagination of the world to the vitality of indigenous art forms in contemporary context. Rarely do naive art forms take on a predominant a force of a culture, because intuitive expressions by persons who make art only after spending a large part of their lives doing other works, and most without art training, are regarded as secondary to the canons and cardinals of established high culture with its aesthetic theories and academic credentials. The book also focuses on the principal circle of associates from the Davenport, Iowa connection with Haiti, and the pioneer museum position the Davenport Art Gallery has occupied with its superb and historic permanent collection of Haitian Art in the naive tradition. A must-have book for anybody interested in Haitian art All Dancing Eye Books items are packed with care to assure their safe arrival to you. Thank you for looking. Track Page Views With Auctiva's Counter

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