PAINTING PARADISE FOR A POST-COLONIAL PACIFIC:

THE FIJIAN FRESCOES OF JEAN CHARLOT

By

CAROLINE KLARR

Copyright 2005

Caroline Klarr

All Rights Reserved

1.

Front Matter

Preface and Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Fijian Glossary

Hawaiian Glossary

Abstract

2.

Introduction

Chapter One: Review of Literature and Source Materials

Chapter Two: Jean Charlot and Local Cultures: The Formation of a

Religious and Artistic Ideology

Chapter Three: Jean Charlot in the Pacific Islands and his Creation

of a Visual Language

3.

Chapter Four: Jean Charlot’s Fresco Technique

Chapter Five: Jean Charlot’s Fijian Frescoes: Commission,

Background, and Technique

4.

Chapter Six: Jean Charlot’s Fijian Frescoes: A Vision and a Visual

Language

Illustrations 1.

5. Illustrations 2.

6.

Illustrations 3.

Summary and Discussion

Postscript

7.

Appendix A: Jean Charlot’s Fresco Murals

Appendix B: Jean Charlot: Catalogue of Paintings

Appendix C: Jean Charlot’s Fijian Prints

Appendix D: Jean Charlot’s Preparatory Drawings for his Fijian

Fresco Murals

Appendix E: KEONI KALO: A Mele Inoa (Name Song) for Jean Charlot;

Music by Irmgard Aluli; Lyrics by: Frank Palani Kahala and

Hailama Farden

Appendix F: Extracts from Guest Registry

Appendix G: Copyright Permission Letter

8. Appendix H: Human Subjects Committee Approval Letters

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Appendix H, continued.

References

Biographical Sketch