A Guide to Navajo Sandpaintings

A Guide to Navajo Sandpaintings

2000 • 64 pages

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“When religion becomes art..”

I really enjoyed learning that every single detail of a Navajo sandpainting has meaning. What may look like just a “squiggly line” to most is “lightning” to the painter.

These works are even more moving when one learns that they are often painted incorrectly so as not to anger the god they are intended to invoke.

This book gives one an appreciation for the Navajo sandpainting art.

June 7, 2008