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Brody, Jacob Jerome was born on April 24, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Aladar and Esther (Kraiman) Brody.
(A new tradition of Pueblo fine art painting arose in the ...)
A new tradition of Pueblo fine art painting arose in the first three decades of the twentieth century, born out of a dynamic encounter between the Pueblo and Euro-American communities in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. In Pueblo Indian Painting, art historian J. J. Brody presents the first complete history of this vibrant art and places it squarely within the contexts of Pueblo culture and Euro-American modernism, bringing long-overdue recognition to the tradition and its preeminent practitioners as a vital part of American art history.
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(A distinguished scholar of Southwestern Native arts for o...)
A distinguished scholar of Southwestern Native arts for over thirty years, J. J. Brody here returns to his early work on the Mimbres ceramic tradition, which established him as the leading authority on the arts of this ancient people. The Mimbres cultural florescence between A.D. 1000 and A.D. 1140 remains one of the most visually astonishing and anthropologically intriguing questions in Southwest prehistory. In this revised edition, Dr. Brody incorporates the extensive fieldwork done on Mimbres sites since the original publication in 1977, updating his discussion of village life, the larger world in which the Mimbres people lived, and how the art that they practiced illuminates these wider issues. He addresses human and animal iconography, the importance of perspective and motion in perceiving Mimbres artistry, and the technology used to produce the ceramics. Placing the study of ancient art and artifacts in the present, he notes the impact of the antiquities market on archaeological and artistic research. This lively, engaging work will interest archaeologists, art historians, and all people who enjoy the beauty, humor, and humanity of Mimbres pottery. Featuring over one hundred new illustrations and insights drawn from a lifetime of study and contemplation, this is much more than a revised edition. Indeed, it establishes a new standard for the artistic interpretation of a classic Southwestern culture for the new century.
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(In life, as in art, perspective is everything, the basis ...)
In life, as in art, perspective is everything, the basis from which experiences are evaluated. Yazz: Navajo Painter offers three perspectives on an artist who achieved fame early in his life and has continued to grow and create for the last forty years. Beatien Yazz's life and work are examined by Sallie Wagner, long-time friend; J. J. Brody, director of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico; and Beatien Yazz himself. Wagner offers a recounting of Yazz's childhood and adolescence as well as some of the major struggles of his adult life. She approaches him with compassion tempered with clear-eyed realization of the problems he faced within himself. Brody gives an in-depth look at Yazz's art and its development. Finally, Beatien Yazz considers his own life and records vignettes of experiences that were important to him. Yazz affords the reader a rare opportunity to know a Native American artist who is at once traditional and inventive, well known and obscure: an enigma in the larger mainstream American art world.
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(The finest extant pieces of Mimbres painted pottery, sele...)
The finest extant pieces of Mimbres painted pottery, selected for aesthetic quality, visual impact, iconographic variety and historical importance. A full analysis of the art's stylistic evolution and the history, beliefs and way of life of this Southwestern New Mexico people.
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( The major essay by renowned art historian J. J. Brody t...)
The major essay by renowned art historian J. J. Brody traces the development of southwestern pottery from the prehistoric Anasazi through modern Pueblo. A section on pottery technology examines the different types of clays and details the pottery-makings process. Rebecca Allen has contributed an essay on the history of the Museum's southwestern collection, providing insights into the personalities of the collectors and the ways their personal tastes affected the contents of their collections. The catalogue includes a compendium of the 104 objects in the exhibition, each accompanied by a photograph.
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(Native American painting history. SW and Plains area. Nat...)
Native American painting history. SW and Plains area. Native American painting was a weak response to White paternalism. Art made by Natives for White purchase, until 1962 and the American Institute of Indian arts.
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Brody, Jacob Jerome was born on April 24, 1929 in Brooklyn. Son of Aladar and Esther (Kraiman) Brody.
Certified fine arts, Cooper Union, 1950. Bachelor, University New Mexico, 1956. Master of Arts, University New Mexico, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, University New Mexico, 1970.
Curator of art, Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1957-1958;
curator collections, Isaac Delgado Museum Art, New Orleans, 1958-1960;
Museum, International Folk Art, Santa Fe, l960-61;
professor anthropology, U. New Mexico, 1965-1985;
professor art history, U. New Mexico, 1972-1989;
professor emeritus, since 1989;
curator, Maxwell Museum, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1962-1972;
director, Maxwell Museum, U. New Mexico, 1972-1985. Member of advisory board Ghost Ranch Museum, New Mexico Museum Natural History, 1981-1984,Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 1989-1992, Zuni Pueblo Museum, since 1992. Research curator Maxwell Museum, School of America Research, Laboratory of Anthropology.
Member fine arts board City of Albuquerque, vice chairman, 1970-1974. Member Governor New Mexico Task Force Paleontological Resources, 1978-1979.
(A new tradition of Pueblo fine art painting arose in the ...)
( The Mimbres cultural florescence between about AD 1000 ...)
(The finest extant pieces of Mimbres painted pottery, sele...)
(The finest extant pieces of Mimbres painted pottery, sele...)
(In life, as in art, perspective is everything, the basis ...)
(Color-packed volume brings to stunning life 1,000-year-ol...)
(A distinguished scholar of Southwestern Native arts for o...)
( The major essay by renowned art historian J. J. Brody t...)
(Native American painting history. SW and Plains area. Nat...)
(Book by Brody, J. J.)
(xiv + 191 pp. with 135 figs. & 41 color plates, 8vo.)
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Member American Association Museums, Society American Archaeology, Council Museum Anthropology, New Mexico Museum Association, Native American Art Studies Association, American Rock Art Research.Assn. M C.
Married Jean Lindsey, February 13, 1956. Children: Jefferson, Jonathan, Allison.