{"product_id":"toi-te-mana-an-indigenous-history-of-maori-art-9780226839622","title":"Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark account in words and pictures of Māori art, by Māori art historians--from Polynesian voyaging waka to contemporary Māori artists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe toi whakairo, he mana tangata. \u003cbr\u003e Through artistic excellence, there is human dignity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In six hundred pages and with over five hundred illustrations, this volume takes us on an extraordinary voyage through Māori art--from ancestral weavers to contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale, from whare whakairo to film, and from Te Puea Hērangi to Michael Parekōwhai. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deidre Brown, Ngarino Ellis, and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki explore a wide field of art practices, including raranga (plaiting), whatu (weaving), moko (tattooing), whakairo (carving), rākai (jewellery), kākahu (textiles), whare (architecture), toi whenua (rock art), painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, installation art, digital media, and film. The works discussed span a period from the arrival of Pacific voyagers eight hundred years ago to the contemporary artists working around the world today. With expansive chapters and breakout texts focusing on individual artists, movements, and events, \u003ci\u003eToi Te Mana \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential book for anyone interested in te ao Māori.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeidre Brown \u003c\/b\u003e(Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) is a Māori art and architectural historian and professor of architecture at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. Her books include\u003ci\u003e Māori Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Māori Art\u003c\/i\u003e, and the multiauthored \u003ci\u003eArt in Oceania\u003c\/i\u003e. Brown is a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi and Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects. \u003cb\u003eNgarino Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) is associate professor of art history at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Whakapapa of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTe Puna\u003c\/i\u003e (with Deidre Brown) and \u003ci\u003eTe Ata\u003c\/i\u003e (with Witi Ihimaera). Ellis's curatorial projects include exhibitions at the Linden Museum and Auckland Art Gallery. \u003cb\u003eJonathan Mane-Wheoki \u003c\/b\u003eCNZM (1943-2014; Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī) was an art historian specializing in Māori, New Zealand, and European art. He was the director of art and collection services at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and head of the Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186275320082,"sku":"9780226839622","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24d79cee-71fe-477a-898b-977ab1d0172d.jpg?v=1744619959","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/toi-te-mana-an-indigenous-history-of-maori-art-9780226839622","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}