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Author : Hans-Joachim Koloss
Release : 1990
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Art of Central Africa by : Hans-Joachim Koloss
Download or read book Art of Central Africa written by Hans-Joachim Koloss. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Fagg
Release : 1967
Genre : Masks
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Book Synopsis The Art of Central Africa by : William Fagg
Download or read book The Art of Central Africa written by William Fagg. This book was released on 1967. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Enid Schildkrout
Release : 1998-03-28
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis The Scramble for Art in Central Africa by : Enid Schildkrout
Download or read book The Scramble for Art in Central Africa written by Enid Schildkrout. This book was released on 1998-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western attitudes to Africa have been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the arts and artefacts that were brought back by the early collectors, exhibited in museums, and celebrated by scholars and artists in the metropolitan centres. The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artefacts that were brought to Europe and America from Congo towards the end of the nineteenth century, and became the subjects of museum displays. They also present fascinating case studies of the pioneering collectors, including such major figures as Frobenius and Torday. They discuss the complex and sensitive issues involved in the business of 'collecting', and show how the collections and exhibitions influenced academic debates about the categories of art and artefact, and the notion of authenticity, and challenged conventional aesthetic values, as modern Western artists began to draw on African models.
Author : Brenda Jackson
Release : 1968-01-01
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Book Synopsis The Art of Central Africa by : Brenda Jackson
Download or read book The Art of Central Africa written by Brenda Jackson. This book was released on 1968-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Constantijn Petridis
Release : 2008
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Art and Power in the Central African Savanna by : Constantijn Petridis
Download or read book Art and Power in the Central African Savanna written by Constantijn Petridis. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the powers immanent in works that the West long regarded only as exotic or abstract, Constantine Petridis looks beneath the surface of the arts of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe and Luluwa peoples to find, literally embedded in sculpture, the forces that enable the spirit world to intervene in daily life. Ritual use of these objects is expected to ensure a healthy birth, successful hunt, or triumph over an enemy. Analysis of the scholarly record illuminates the changing visions of leadership and prestige that fostered the development of the majestic, elaborate figure styles long prized in the West. These sculptures nevertheless retain the mysterious potency of more humble objects trusted for centuries to protect, heal and harm. Art and Power in the Central African Savanna examines an artistic culture in which the sacred and the secular are indivisible, and aesthetic and moral value inseparable.
