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A arte gráfica Ticuna
1992This essay by anthropologist Jussara Gomes Grüber forms part of an anthology entitled Grafismo indígena. Estudos de antropologia estética coordinated by Lux Vidal. Its aim is to shed light on the range of graphic representations found in different [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110730 -
A natureza morta
1992This is a news item about an exhibition of work by the artist Frans Krajcberg, held at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM-Rio) in 1992. It also covers other similar exhibitions held in connection with the international event Eco-92 - [...]ICAA Record ID: 1111396 -
A pintura corporal e a arte gráfica entre os Kayapó-Xikrin do Cateté
1992This text by anthropologist Lux Vidal discusses the body painting and graphic art of the Xikrin Indians, a subgroup of the Kayapó ethnicity clustered in the southeastern region of the state of Pará. The text includes forty-five paintings on paper, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110731 -
Anfänge der Kunst im Urwald : Indianer-Handzeichnungen auf seinen Reisen in Brasilien gesammelt
1969This is the second edition of the book by Theodor Koch-Grünberg, Anfänge der Kunst im Urwald: Indianer-Handzeichnungen auf seinen Reisen in Brasilien gesammelt [Principles of Art in the Virgin Jungle: A Collection of Indigenous Drawings Assembled [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110733 -
Arte afro-brasileira : o que é, afinal? = Afro-Brazilian art : what is it, after all?
2000Here, the anthropologist Kabengele Munanga explains the much-discussed concept of “Afro-Brazilian art.” In his opinion, this matter goes beyond strictly semantic parameters, since it involves the entire history of slavery in Brazil (only [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110518 -
Arte plumária e máscaras de dança dos índios brasileiros
1971This book by draftsman and watercolorist Noêmia Mourão is one of the very few expressions of interest on the part of Brazilian artists in indigenous crafts, in this case feather work. The book contains reproductions of sixty-nine full-color [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110740 -
Catálogo ilustrado da Coleção Perseverança
1974This catalogue for the Perseverança Collection refers to objects of Afro-Brazilian art connected to the Yoruba religion of the warrior-god Xangô [Changó]. Researcher Abelardo Duarte, organizer of the collection and catalogue, enumerates, describes [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110522 -
Cosmologias e altares
1997This essay appeared in the catalogue for the exhibition that explored the symbolic cosmogony of Umbanda and Candomblé altars. The author, the Brazilian anthropologist Maria Lúcia Montes, describes these altars as an elaborate symbolic text to be [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110528 -
Em outros tempos e nos tempos atuais : arte indígena = Native arts : in the past and nowadays
2000The exhibition Artes indígenas was held in São Paulo in 2000 as one of the events commemorating 500 years since the discovery of Brazil by Europeans. The catalogue includes the text by Lúcia Hussak van Velthen, one of the exhibition curators, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110743 -
Introdução
1988Anthropologist Berta G. Ribeiro, along with museologist Adalgiza Bonfim d´Eça, a specialist in indexation systems, compiled this enormous dictionary of indigenous crafts in Brazil. The publication contains the following chapters: 1. Ceramics; 2. [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110742 -
Mitopoemas Yãnomam
1978This is a research project published by Claudia Andújar as well as a large-format art book with a trilingual text (Portuguese, Italian, and English). The book is illustrated with drawings made with felt tip pens by Koromani Waika, Mamokè Rorowè, [...]ICAA Record ID: 1110746