Post #523196 by MadDogMike on Sat, Apr 10, 2010 8:38 AM

This thread made me painfully aware that my reference and inspiration library SUCKED! My only book was this:

Ellis, George. Oceanic Art - A Celebration of Form San Diego Museum of Art, 2009
128 page catalog of the SDMA exhibit, paperback. Beautiful large, color photographs aranged in order of form: figures, bowls, weapons, etc.

So I picked up a few bargains this week on e-Bay:

Wardwell, Allen. The Sculpture of Polynesia The Art Institute of Chicago, 1967
100 page catalog of the 1967 Art Institute of Chicago exhibit and the 1968 New York Museum of Primitive Art exhibit, paperback. All but 2 photos are black and white, many are rather small. Examines the sculpural characteristics of each of the 10 island groups of Polynesia.

Allan, Tony et al. Journeys Through Dreamtime - Oceanic Myth Duncan Baird Publishers, 1999. 144 pages, hardbound. This book is more of an art inspiration rather than an art reference, but it does have lots of well sized color pictures. About half of the book is about Australian Aborigine myths, but the other half is devoted to Polynesian myth and art.