Kenneth Milton Chapman: A Life Dedicated to Indian Arts and Artists
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826344240 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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.,."spares no detail in recounting Chapman's life, studies, and legacy. A welcome addition to biography and Native American studies collections alike."
A welcome addition to biography and Native American studies collections alike. Kenneth Milton Chapman: A Life Dedicated to Indian Arts and Artists is the true-life biography of scholar, author, and artist Kenneth Milton Chapman, whose study of Pueblo pottery was unparalleled among Anglo-Americans during the first half of the twentieth century. More than an expert in Native American arts, Chapman became a respected and beloved figure whose influence helped foster a virtual renaissance of Southwest pottery craft during the . It is good to read more about him My friend's grand father was Kenneth Chapin. It is good to read more about him.
. Janet Chapman and Karen Barrie are freelance writers who came together because of their familial connections to the Chapman family. Public interest in the article spurred additional research that forms the basis of this book. In 1999 they coauthored "Kenneth Chapman: Curator's Passion Brings Pueblo Art to Santa Fe," an article published in New Mexico Magazine
He was widely recognized for his knowledge of Pueblo pottery design elements and was the University of New Mexico's first professor of Indian arts.With a special focus on his professional development as artist and archaeologist, this biography is the first to track Chapman's life from his midwestern upbringing through his nearly seventy years in New Mexico. Chapman was instrumental in the establishment of the Museum of New Mexico, the School of American Research, and the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe. The authors--Chapman a grandniece and Barrie a relation by marriage-