From myth to creation

About This Book

"Lavishly illustrated with over 100 photos, the second edition of From Myth to Creation offers a dramatic insider's view of the cognitive and symbolic worlds of indigenous potters and woodworkers in a region undergoing radical change. By placing Canelos Quichua art in social and cultural context, the text invites readers to better understand and appreciate the art, aesthetics, and the historical and contemporary consciousness of indigenous Americans. This new edition includes a new foreword and chapter"-- "From Myth to Creation offers a dramatic inside view of the cognitive and symbolic world of native potters and woodworkers from a region undergoing radical change. Extensively illustrated by more than a hundred color and black-and-white photographs, this volume presents cart, culture, and symbolism of Amazonian Ecuador from the perspective of the indigenous creators themselves. By placing Canelos Quichua art in its social and cultural contexts, Dorothea and Norman Whitten promote an understanding and appreciation of art, aesthetics, and the historical and contemporary consciousness of indigenous peoples of the Americas. From Myth to Creation was prepared by the Whittens as a complement to the exhibition of the same title at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 16 April - 22 May 1988. This edition will include a new preface, a new cover, a new chapter 6, and some minor text changes and additions. Most of the original b&w photos from the interior will be replaced by color versions"--