ARTS DE L’AFRIQUE NOIRE
Subtitle: in the Barbier-Müeller collection
Authors: W. Schmalenbach / Perrois L. / CASTELLI E. / NEYT F.
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf: 27 February to 17 April 1988 Kunsdthalle Schirn, Frankfurt: June 4 – August 14, 1988 Haus der Kunst, Munich: December 17, 1988 – February 19, 1989 Maegh Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence: March 15 – 15 June 1989 Kunstmuseum Bern: 15 August – 15 October 1989
Publisher: Editions Fernand Nathan, Paris, 1988. Bound with brown binding of full fabric editor under jacket illustrated in very good condition color, in-4, size: 23 x 30.5 cm, ISBN 2-09-284606-X
Content:. 320 p, 70 ill. b / w, 134 duotone photographs b / w, 71 col photos., 7 Card Library.
Additional Information: Book exhausted
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
The exceptional beauty of African sculpture has long been appreciated in the West, even though our knowledge of the cultural context in which these objects were created is often incomplete. Who are these artists, what is the story of these pre-industrial societies where these people live, especially, what value they attribute to these objects? This book answers these questions, bringing masterpieces from approximately 90 ethnic groups, especially wood carvings and masks. The essays focus of aesthetics in African tribal art, analyze its anthropological look and study the five main geographical regions: the Sudanese savannah, north and west of the coast of Guinea, Côte eastern Guinea and Cameroon Atlantic equatorial Africa, the basin of Zaire and East Africa. Many field photographs are the objects in context. Each object is accompanied by a comprehensive legend written by a specialist in ethnic question. The 200 pieces in this book were selected by Werner Schamlenbach in the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva. This collection, which is constantly growing, now has more than 4,500 sculptures, fabrics, ornaments and jewelry from Africa, Oceania, the East Indies and the Americas.
Additional information
| Weight | 2010 g |
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| Dimensions | 23 × 30.5 cm |
