The Primal Mind
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In The Primal Mind, author Jamake Highwater explores differences in how American Indians and people of a Western or European heritage experience themselves and their environments. Illustrated through contrasting views of art, time, architecture, medicine, and dance, The Primal Mind identifies important distinctions between a mind rooted in respect for nature, sacred myths, and rituals and a mind that strives toward achievement, order, and the desire to rise above or conquer nature. Discover how contemporary artists fused the primal and Western ways of thinking to create breakthroughs in modern art. Examine how Martha Graham, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, and Henry Moore were influenced by Southwestern tribal dance, Navaho sand painting, African wood carvings and masks, and pre-Columbian stone carvings.
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57 min 56 sec
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