Images of power : Balinese paintings made for Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead / Hildred Geertz.

Author(s): Geertz, Hildred

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Main Title
Images of power : Balinese paintings made for Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead
Author(s)
Geertz, Hildred
Publisher
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1994
Collation
ix, 135 p. : ill., col. map
31 cm.
Dewey Class
759.9598
Contents
Acknowledgments -- Balinese Names and Terms -- Map of Bali -- Introduction -- 1. Inventing an Art - Both Balinese and Western -- 2. The Everyday World of (Mere) Appearances -- 3. The Magical Story World: A Portfolio of Storytelling Pictures -- 4. The Real World of Dangerous Powers -- 5. Masters of Sakti Powers -- 6. Crossing Cultures -- Appendix: Painters' Profiles and Selected Works -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language
English
Subject
Watercolor painting -- Bali
BRN
944

Notes

  • Published on the occasion of a touring exhibition held in New York, Australia, and elsewhere.

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