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Guide To Navajo Sandpainting (00 Edition)

by Bahti

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Few art forms are more significant to Navajo religious beliefs than the sandpainting, or ikaah. Sandpaintings play a major role in Navajo ceremonies, assisting healers to cure ailments by summoning the gods" aid to restore harmony to both mind and body. In this clear, brief, yet profoundly informed text, Mark Bahti reviews the history of the sandpainting from its original, and continuing, sacred purpose to the purely artistic creations produced by some sand painters for sale today. With his collaborator, Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe, Bahti explains the meanings of the images and colors in sandpaintings and tells some of the traditional stories that they represent. Navajo Sandpaintingswill enlighten both the amateur and the connoisseur of Navajo art.

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A Guide to Navajo Sandpaintings provides a fascinating introduction to the religious images created by Navajo medicine men as part of traditional curing ceremonies. While many designs and their accompanying chants have been lost to time, others remain a vital part of Navajo religious practice and have emerged as a dynamic art form. Native American arts authority Mark Bahti describes the history and development of this healing art and reveals the story behind more than sixty individual sandpainting designs. He also explains how contemporary artists honor the traditions of their elders while breaking new ground for this fascinating art form.

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A superlative guide to traditional and contemporary Navajo sandpaintings.
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About the Author

Mark Bahti, a Southwestern scholar, writer, and art dealer, brings over 30 years of experience and insight to this book, his sixth Rio Nuevo title. He lives in Tucson, Arizona, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and owns Bahti Indian Arts galleries in both locations.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781887896054
With:
Joe, Eugene Baatsoslanii
Author:
Joe, Eugene Baatsoslanii
Author:
Bahti, Mark
Publisher:
Rio Nuevo Publishers
Location:
Tucson, Ariz.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Native American Studies
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Folk Art
Subject:
Indians of north america
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Navajo Indians
Subject:
Rites and ceremonies
Subject:
Sandpaintings
Subject:
Navajo mythology.
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
Subject:
Folk & Outsider Art
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Revised
Series:
Native American Arts & Crafts
Series Volume:
19
Publication Date:
20091014
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
67 color illustrations
Pages:
64
Dimensions:
9 x 8 x 1 in 1 lb
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"Synopsis" by , A Guide to Navajo Sandpaintings provides a fascinating introduction to the religious images created by Navajo medicine men as part of traditional curing ceremonies. While many designs and their accompanying chants have been lost to time, others remain a vital part of Navajo religious practice and have emerged as a dynamic art form. Native American arts authority Mark Bahti describes the history and development of this healing art and reveals the story behind more than sixty individual sandpainting designs. He also explains how contemporary artists honor the traditions of their elders while breaking new ground for this fascinating art form.
"Synopsis" by , A superlative guide to traditional and contemporary Navajo sandpaintings.
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