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 "Shadows
and Reflections: Florida's Lost People"
Winner of the 1999 Louis Wolfson II Media History
Center Award, "Shadows and Reflections: Florida's Lost People"
depicts artist Theodore Morris at work, and transports the viewer
around Florida detailing different Indian cultures. Beautifully
produced by the Florida Anthropological Society, and funded by the
Florida Department of State.
DVD is $30.00 and includes shipping and handling.
Ordering Information to
order by mail.
 Florida's Lost Tribes
Theodore Morris
Commentary by Jerald T. Milanich
"In this important volume, artist
Theodore Morris literally paints us pictures of Florida's earliest
inhabitants. By carefully reviewing historical and archaeological
literature, Mr. Morris has provided the best portrayal of Florida's
Indians that we are likely to ever have." - Marvin T. Smith,
Valdosta State University
With an artist's sense of wonder and a historian's respect for
accuracy, the 58 rich and colorful images in this book present a
fascinating and thoroughly researched glimpse into the lifestyles
and cultures of Florida's ancient Indians.
Theodore Morris's sensitive rendering of Florida's vanished heritage
reflects his passion to create a pictorial record of the state's
pre-Columbian peoples, the tribes who have been forgotten through
the centuries. The artist's detailed paintings and drawings are
based on historical evidence and his own careful research, conducted
side-by-side with archaeologists and anthropologists at excavation
sites throughout the state. Morris re-creates the appearance of the
ancient peoples, portraying them at work and at play, and discusses
the archaeological significance of each work and the creative muse
that inspired it.
An accompanying essay by noted author and archaeologist Jerald
Milanich provides an overview of the various tribes represented in
the paintings. Milanich questions the ethnographic veracity of
Theodore de Bry’s famous 16th-century engravings depicting Florida
Indians and the settlement of Fort Caroline northeast of modern
Jacksonville, which have long been thought to be based on lost
paintings by the cartographer Jacques Le Moyne. Milanich argues that
de Bry instead borrowed heavily from images of other New World
Indians, including Amazonian tribes, and that Le Moyne's Florida
paintings in fact may never have existed. If Milanich's assertion is
true, the informed images of Theodore Morris take on added
significance as an educational tool.
The book also brings the story of Florida's Indians up to the
present and includes a website address with links to museums and
archaeological sites open to the public, where visitors can learn
and experience more about Florida's lost tribes. This arresting
journey back through time will be welcomed by general readers and
everyone interested in Florida's past.
Theodore Morris is a painter, commercial illustrator, and graphic
designer. His Indian paintings have been exhibited in 20 solo
exhibits at galleries and museums throughout Florida and have been
reproduced on posters, book covers, and in magazine illustrations.
Jerald T. Milanich is curator in archaeology at the Florida Museum
of Natural History.
If you would prefer to order by mail, see ordering
information below:
Send check or money order made
payable to "Theodore Morris" for the full amount of the order;
$29.95 for each book, and
including a postage and handling fee of $5.00 (U.S.) for the first
book and $1.00 for each additional book. Videos are $30.00 and
include shipping.
Mail to:
Theodore Morris
P.O. Box 431
St. Augustine, Florida 32085
(904) 810-0381
Foreign
orders require $6.00 U.S. shipping and handling, and $4.00 for each
additional book.
Florida residents add appropriate
sales tax to the book cost. Overseas orders must be accompanied by
an international money order or a check drawn on a U.S. bank.
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