TERRES CUITES AFRICAINES
Subtitle: An ancient heritage. Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum
Author: F. MORIN / WASTIAU B.
Material Type: general or thematic Work
Publisher: Barbier-Mueller Museum & Somogy Editions d’Art Collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva and Paris, 2008. Bound with black binding as editor with recessed under jacket illustrated color new, in-4, dimensions: 24 x 30.5 cm, ISBN 978-2-7572-0406-1
Content: 470 p, 105 ill.. b / w, 297 ill. col., 22 maps, Library .. Very many photos b / w and col., drawings and diagrams, notices of works, author bios
Additional information: Although the title and title page are in Dutch, the text is in German. book sold
Condition of the structure: As new
Description
Terracotta is not only synonymous with container, household object. It comes in a multitude of shapes, due to the docility of the clay and the extraordinary fantasy of its creators. Imbued with sacredness, the receptacle disguises and takes anthropomorphic traits. Sometimes the clay takes human form, we trouble imitating a face, and becomes portrait. The collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum presented the African terracotta in its many facets through the lost cultures for thousands of years, but also traditions closely related to pottery that persist today. This cultural heritage, whose symbolic force equal beauty, offering at once a historical and geographical journey from Africa, one and multiple. This publication contains more than 200 works, arose from the collection of many specialists in Africa. Beautiful old photographs as current mark this reference book. Containers or sculptures, ancient terracotta presented in this book were systematically analyzed using thermoluminescence dating technique by. Thirty-two major pieces have they suffered further scientific examination, an X-ray scanner study by Dr. Marc Ghysels in 2008. An exceptional discovery, the presence of previously unknown materials placed in the abdomen of a votive statuette of Jenne after cooking (see cat. 31, p.84-85), has been revealed. These investigations at the heart of terracotta were conducted with support from the Sandoz Family Office SA which the Barbier-Mueller Museum demonstrates his gratitude.
Additional information
| Weight | 3010 g |
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| Dimensions | 24 × 30.5 cm |
