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• catalog abstract ""Affinities of Form: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas examines the motives that led Raymond Wielgus to become a collector and that guided him to his chosen field. Wielgus originally made his name as a maker of high-quality prototype models for potential new products in the manufacturing industry, and the book shows how the very special experience gained in this profession molded his view of the art of collecting. It lists the criteria that he applied to the objects to be included in the collection and assesses the importance of the skill with which they were eventually displayed. The collection spans in excess of three thousand years of ethnographic art and contains exquisite masterpieces produced by the indigenous peoples of Africa, the islands of the Pacific, and the Americas."--BOOK JACKET. "The book starts by analyzing the sources of the objects amassed since the dawn of collecting ethnographic objects in the early 1800s and discusses how representative they are of their cultures of origin. It puts the Wielgus collection in context with other notable collections. The text honestly acknowledges the probable damage that enthusiastic collecting has inflicted upon some of the sites from which these artifacts derive, but argues that this has been in part offset by the spread of knowledge through the literature published on the great collections."--BOOK JACKET. "One hundred of the most important objects from the Wielgus collection are illustrated in color. The photography employs dramatic use of light and shade, excitingly conveying the visual power of these beautiful objects. The illustrations are divided into three sections: Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, and the provenance and importance of each is analyzed in the context of the history of the respective geographical regions."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b9793090.
• catalog contributor b9793091.
• catalog contributor b9793092.
• catalog contributor b9793093.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description ""Affinities of Form: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas examines the motives that led Raymond Wielgus to become a collector and that guided him to his chosen field. Wielgus originally made his name as a maker of high-quality prototype models for potential new products in the manufacturing industry, and the book shows how the very special experience gained in this profession molded his view of the art of collecting. It lists the criteria that he applied to the objects to be included in the collection and assesses the importance of the skill with which they were eventually displayed. The collection spans in excess of three thousand years of ethnographic art and contains exquisite masterpieces produced by the indigenous peoples of Africa, the islands of the Pacific, and the Americas."--BOOK JACKET. "The book starts by analyzing the sources of the objects amassed since the dawn of collecting ethnographic objects in the early 1800s and discusses how representative they are of their cultures of origin. It puts the Wielgus collection in context with other notable collections. The text honestly acknowledges the probable damage that enthusiastic collecting has inflicted upon some of the sites from which these artifacts derive, but argues that this has been in part offset by the spread of knowledge through the literature published on the great collections."--BOOK JACKET. "One hundred of the most important objects from the Wielgus collection are illustrated in color. The photography employs dramatic use of light and shade, excitingly conveying the visual power of these beautiful objects. The illustrations are divided into three sections: Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, and the provenance and importance of each is analyzed in the context of the history of the respective geographical regions."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Foreword / Adelheid M. Gealt -- Preface / Serena Rattazzi -- Acknowledgments / Diane M. Pelrine -- Introduction / Roy Sieber -- Collectors, museums, and ethnographic arts in the United States -- Note to the reader -- Africa -- Oceania -- The Americas -- Ex-collection objects -- List of the exhibition abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of peoples and places.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.".
• catalog extent "231 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Affinities of form.".
• catalog identifier "3791316699".
• catalog isFormatOf "Affinities of form.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Munich ; New York : Prestel-Verlag,".
• catalog relation "Affinities of form.".
• catalog spatial "Indiana Bloomington".
• catalog subject "Art Indiana Bloomington Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Art, Aboriginal Australian Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Art, African Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Art, Pacific Island Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Art, Primitive Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Indian art Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Indiana University, Bloomington. Art Museum Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "N".
• catalog subject "Wielgus, Laura Art collections Exhibitions.".
• catalog subject "Wielgus, Raymond Art collections Exhibitions.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Adelheid M. Gealt -- Preface / Serena Rattazzi -- Acknowledgments / Diane M. Pelrine -- Introduction / Roy Sieber -- Collectors, museums, and ethnographic arts in the United States -- Note to the reader -- Africa -- Oceania -- The Americas -- Ex-collection objects -- List of the exhibition abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of peoples and places.".
• catalog title "Affinities of form : arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas from the Raymond and Laura Wielgus collection / Diane M. Pelrine ; with an introduction by Roy Sieber ; photographs by Michael Cavanagh and Kevin Montague.".
• catalog type "text".