Raven and the First Men

Reid has used Northwest Coast form line style with equal versatility in the miniature scale of jewelry and the monumental scale of public sculpture. In one of his best known works he exploited the expressive capacities of Haida art to imagine the emotional responses of the first humans as they emerg...

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Main Author: Bill Reid
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
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Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/69498
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Summary:Reid has used Northwest Coast form line style with equal versatility in the miniature scale of jewelry and the monumental scale of public sculpture. In one of his best known works he exploited the expressive capacities of Haida art to imagine the emotional responses of the first humans as they emerged from a clam shell on to the surface of the earth.