Full Description
This companion volume to Roger Neich's Painted Histories is now published in paperback for the first time. Carved Histories is the classic account of one of the most influential traditions of Maori wood carving in New Zealand. It pieces together the history of Ngati Tarawhai carving from pre-European times to the present day and analyses the personalities, families, and social changes that shaped the work. Carved Histories includes biographies of key carvers, a list of all known Ngati Tarawhai carvings, maps and genealogies as well as black and white and colour illustrations.
Contents
Contents include-- 3. Later History of Ngati Tarawhai -- 4. Ngati Tarawhai and the New Zealand Wars -- 5. Ngati Tarawhai as an Iwi -- 6. The Woodcarvers of Ngati Tarawhai -- 7. Connections with Ngati Pikiao Woodcarving -- 8. Art and Theory -- 9. Style, Text and Causality -- 10. Nineteenth Century Concepts of Art in New Zealand -- 11. Maori Carving and endash; Idea and Act -- 12. From Canoes to Meeting Houses -- 13. Maori Patronage -- 14. European Patronage -- 15. Early Tourist Art in Rotorua -- 16. Individual Carvers and their Styles -- 17. The Changing Language -- 18. Changing Patronage -- 19. Changing Consciousness -- 20. Conclusion.
