In the early 19th century little was known in Europe about the culture and customs of the indigenous American peoples. The difficulties of travel and the wildness of the American West made visits to the tribes as uncommon as Space Shuttle trips are today. "Indians" were perceived by European-Americans as a backward and savage race, which should be pushed aside to make way for "progress" Considering such contemporary attitudes, the amazing artistic and historic achievements of three artists of that era seem all the more remarkable today. The work of King, Catlin and Bodmer looms large in the fields of history, ethnology and anthropology. No serious study of the American Indian people can be undertaken without reference to their work. This book presents in one volume a major selection of over 300 original drawings, painting and lithographs, collected as eyewitness records of the historic meeting of the artists and the Indians, face to face.
- ISBN10 8880952757
- ISBN13 9788880952756
- Publish Date September 2002 (first published 1 September 1997)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 7 July 2008
- Publish Country IT
- Imprint White Star
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 279
- Language English