Publication

2000-11-01 - University of Washington Press

Language

English

Word Count

72,750 words, Guess

Page Count

291 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL9434058M
  • ISBN-139780295980249
  • ISBN-100295980249
  • OCLC Control Number44128016
  • Library of Congress Control Number00041758
and 2 more
  • Goodreads5126767
  • LibraryThing1213428

Classifications

  • LCCE78.N78M384 2000

Description

"Struck by the dynamic character of a nineteenth-century Northwest Coast painted chest that he had walked past many times at the museum where he worked, Bill McLennan decided to photograph it for closer study. Infrared film produced surprising results. Painted areas that had been obscured with a patina of oils and soot could now be seen clearly, as the complete painting emerged from beneath the weathered surface. With this find, the Image Recovery Project was born, whose object was to develop a database of infrared photographs of historical Northwest Coast paintings." "The Transforming Image brings together some of the most intriguing images, many revealed for the first time in over a hundred years. Karen Duffek's text adds new insights derived from the project's detective work, linking painted images to communities, histories, and the hands of individual painters."--BOOK JACKET.

Description

"Struck by the dynamic character of a nineteenth-century Northwest Coast painted chest that he had walked past many times at the museum where he worked, Bill McLennan decided to photograph it for closer study. Infrared film produced surprising results. Painted areas that had been obscured with a patina of oils and soot could now be seen clearly, as the complete painting emerged from beneath the weathered surface. With this find, the Image Recovery Project was born, whose object was to develop a database of infrared photographs of historical Northwest Coast paintings." "The Transforming Image brings together some of the most intriguing images, many revealed for the first time in over a hundred years. Karen Duffek's text adds new insights derived from the project's detective work, linking painted images to communities, histories, and the hands of individual painters."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • The Transforming Image: Painted Arts of Northwest Coast First Nations (Ubc Museum of Anthropology Research Publication)HardcoverUniversity of Washington Press2000-11-01

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