San Antonio College Library

"Rock art is considered an archaeological artifact reflecting activities from the past, it is also a phenomenon with present-day meaning and relevance to both indigenous and non-indigenous communities. Challenging traditional ways of thinking about this recognizable form of visual heritage and providing insight into its contemporary significance"--Provided by publisher.

A survey of North American native art, and an hypothesis of its history.

"One of the most important collections of modern Native American art assembled by one individual, the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection is an encyclopedic compilation of easel paintings and three-dimensional works. Showcased in this stunning catalogue, the collection comprises approximately four thousand items, including drawings, sculptures, prints, kachinas, jewelry, ceramics, rattles, baskets, and textiles. James T. Bialac began collecting...

Chapter by N. Williams separately annotated.

"Indian Art of the Americas is a full representation of the American Indians' contribution to world art, based on original sources and covering the entire field of North, Central and South America. Available for the first time in a single volume are masterpieces of art created by the Natives of all the Americas before the white men came. The result of twenty years' study and observation, this book unquestionably will remain the definitive work on...

"This magnificent volume is the first work to document definitively the rich and varied popular arts of the Western hemisphere--from the Eskimo print makers of Alaska to the painters of Mexico and Brazil and the muralists of Haiti."--Jacket.

A collection of De Grazia's paintings depicting Spanish conquistador Cabeza de Vaca's path through what is now Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, accompanied by the artist's explanatory prose sketches written from Cabeza de Vaca's perspective.

"A profound sense of history has long compelled Indian peoples of the Great Plains to chronicle their lives pictorially. As the nineteenth century progressed, the trickle of white explorers and traders across the continent and up the great rivers turned into a veritable flood tide of soldiers and settlers. Their presence changed Plains life irrevocably. Plains Indians adopted a new medium for recording their visual histories, obtained through their...