Allen Wardwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 236170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allen Wardwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wardwell |
| SIGNATURE | WARDWELL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Art Institute of Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1929 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
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Yoruba
Faces, Voices and Dreams
African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait
A Bambara Master Carver
New Light on Polynesia
ship, at least, the art of Polynesia is thought by many to be the finest of all the Oceanic arts. It is also the rarest, and the past few years has seen unusual interest in its study and display. Part of this has been brought about by the two hundredth anniversary of Captain James Cook's voyages (1768-1780), but part also by the increasing ease by which this hitherto remote part of the world can now be visited. In the case of Polynesia, it is not…
Chicago's Sepik River Exhibition
Last year, the Art Institute of Chicago organized a large scale exhibition of the art of the Sepik River of New Guinea. Attendance for a specialized show of this nature was extremely good, running to over 48,000, and it remained open for an extra three weeks beyond the original schedule. From these standpoints, it was considered a success. As always, however, certain changes in the original concept were forced on us, and there were disappointment…
The Herbert Baker Collection
En general, les musees s'interessant aux arts d'Afrique s'occupent naturellement de l'acquisition des exemples artistiques representatifs d'un style ou d'un type specifique. D'autre part, certains amateurs enthousiastes d'art african ont pu assembler des collections individuelles aussi uniques que vastes. L'inclusion d'exemples extraordinairement varies demeure leur souci particulier. La collection de M. Herbert Baker, exposee recemment au Musee …
New Acquisitions of African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
Ethnology and General
The Legal Aid Worker Looks at the Field
W HAT is the field which it is proposed to discuss? Obviously it is the territory in which legal aid workers and social workers find themselves in contact. However, that does not help us very much. Such a definition, if definition it can be called, is much too restricted. What we would wish to discover and to define is the extent of the contact (that is of the field) which should exist were the work of legal aid and social welfare coirdinated on …
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The Legal Aid Worker Looks at the Field
W HAT is the field which it is proposed to discuss? Obviously it is the territory in which legal aid workers and social workers find themselves in contact. However, that does not help us very much. Such a definition, if definition it can be called, is much too restricted. What we would wish to discover and to define is the extent of the contact (that is of the field) which should exist were the work of legal aid and social welfare coirdinated on …
Ethnology and General
The Herbert Baker Collection
En general, les musees s'interessant aux arts d'Afrique s'occupent naturellement de l'acquisition des exemples artistiques representatifs d'un style ou d'un type specifique. D'autre part, certains amateurs enthousiastes d'art african ont pu assembler des collections individuelles aussi uniques que vastes. L'inclusion d'exemples extraordinairement varies demeure leur souci particulier. La collection de M. Herbert Baker, exposee recemment au Musee …
New Acquisitions of African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
New Light on Polynesia
ship, at least, the art of Polynesia is thought by many to be the finest of all the Oceanic arts. It is also the rarest, and the past few years has seen unusual interest in its study and display. Part of this has been brought about by the two hundredth anniversary of Captain James Cook's voyages (1768-1780), but part also by the increasing ease by which this hitherto remote part of the world can now be visited. In the case of Polynesia, it is not…
Chicago's Sepik River Exhibition
Last year, the Art Institute of Chicago organized a large scale exhibition of the art of the Sepik River of New Guinea. Attendance for a specialized show of this nature was extremely good, running to over 48,000, and it remained open for an extra three weeks beyond the original schedule. From these standpoints, it was considered a success. As always, however, certain changes in the original concept were forced on us, and there were disappointment…
A Bambara Master Carver
Ancient Eskimo Ivories of the Bering Strait
Faces, Voices and Dreams
African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Yoruba
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Art (6 works) · History (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art history (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · African art (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Citation (2 works)