BATEKE
Subtitle: Painters and Sculptors of Central Africa
Authors: M.-C. DUPRE / FEAU E. / GWETE LEMA A.
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. National Museum of Arts of Africa and Oceania, Paris: 30.09.1998 – 04.01.1999
Publisher: RMN, Paris, 1998. Paperback, 4to, size: 22 x 28 cm, ISBN 2-7118-3567-7
Content: 304 p, 146 ill. b / w, 69 ill. col., 35 b / w photos, 1 pl.n / b, 25 pl.coul., 3 maps, biblio., 5 figures, 2 pl. ph. b / w
Additional information: original edition. Book became exhausted rare and sought by collectors for its thematic study on the art of Teke and culture.
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Museum of Arts of Africa and Oceania, this book brings together the finest expressions of the Teke art objects from daily life Kidoumou masks, statues and bed boards from prestigious European collections. Summary:
– BATEKE Painters and sculptors of Central Africa
– History of Art, Conservation and field investigations
Visible Worlds
– The discovery of a kingdom in the sands
– Archeology and history
– Everyday techniques: weaving – tobacco
– The arts of powerful service to iron
The invisible worlds
– The invisible daily
– The Teke statues also die
– Musical instruments
– The Tsayi of Doret, invisible painters
– The masks
– And now I must tell you my night in a Pygmy village
– The boards
– Bibliography.
A reference books, lavishly illustrated, this ethnic group and its material culture.
Additional information
| Weight | 1290 g |
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| Dimensions | 22 × 28 cm |
