Name: War Paintings of the Tsuu T'ina Nation
Brand: University of Alberta Press (CA)
SKU: 9781772120523
Price: 26.99 GBP
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War Paintings of the Tsuu T'ina Nation

By (author): Arni Brownstone

Published by University of Alberta Press (CA)

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£26.99

Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Illustrations: 61 colour plates, 49 colour figures
ISBN: 9781772120523
Publication Date: 01-Mar-2015

Subjects:
History of art: ancient & classical art
BCE to c 5

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During much of the nineteenth century, paintings functioned as the Plains Indians closest equivalent to written records. The majority of their paintings documented warfare, focusing on specific war deeds. These pictorial narratives continue to expand historical knowledge of a people and place in transition. Arni Brownstone studies several important war paintings and artifact collections of the Tsuu Tina (Sarcee) that provide insight into the changing relations between the Tsuu Tina, other plains tribes, and non-Native communities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. All known Tsuu Tina paintings are considered in the study, as are several important collections of Tsuu Tina artifacts. Brownstones work furthers our understanding of Tsuu Tina pictographic war paintings in relation to the social, historical, and artistic forces that influenced them and provides a broader understanding of pictographic painting, one of the richest and most important Native American artistic and literary genres.

"Brownstone analyzes five war exploits painted records by Tsuu Tina (Sarcee) men... In Brownstones nuanced interpretation, war exploits were the capital for mens social status, codified and recited on many occasions. Not only exhibited on robes wrapped around admirable men, exploits were painted on tipis by groups of such men, making their histories communal history for their bands. Ready exchanges and incorporations of ideas between many Plains First Nations produced the genre of war paintings that Brownstones scholarship and empathy illuminate." Alice Kehoe, Choice Magazine, 2015

"War Paintings of the Tsuu T'ina Nation is a scholarly study of these pictorial narratives, featuring color reproductions...along with extensive interpretation and commentary... Extensive notes and an index round out this thoughtful, in-depth contribution to Art and Native American History collections." Library Bookwatch, September 2015

"[T]his outstanding piece of work is a worthy investment and a must-have for scholars, educators and students of Indigenous Studies programs across the continent.... His work, which offers valuable insight into a little-known culture, offers readers an inside look at the tools and methods of communication and storytelling in a time before there were books to write on or pens to write with.... Brownstone has done a magnificent job of providing, in laymen's terms, an in-depth look at life on the plains in the 1800s." John Copley, , September 2015

"This book is worth the price alone just for the magnificent illustrations.... This is an important book, both for studying the history and culture of the Tsuu T'ina and for gaining an appreciation for the creativity of Native artists." -- Alberta History

Brownstone's meticulous study makes available a unique set of little-known hide paintings and offers valuable insights into one of the less studied indigenous societies of the Great Plains. A must for every library on Native North American art and culture. -- Janet Catherine Berlo, Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester and author of Spirit Beings and Sun Dancers: Black Hawk's Vision of a Lakota World