Author : Iris Hahner-Herzog
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,74 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN :
African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Author : Werner Schmalenbach
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 28,40 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Timothy F. Garrard
Publisher : Te Neues Publishing Company
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 33,5 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Africa, West
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 9782754102056
Author : Avner Shakarov
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 23,35 MB
Release : 2015-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 0786498749
The art of sub-Saharan Africa reveals the marvelous achievements of unknown artists over thousands of years. Their aesthetic ideal finds form in wood, ivory, fabric, bronze and iron. This illustrated study of traditional African art includes pieces from Western Sudan, the Congolese Basin, the Guinea coast, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and East and South Africa. Each piece is characterized by its own traditions and artistic forms. The earliest works date from the beginning of the first millennium, the most recent from the early 20th century. Unique and rare examples are documented, many heretofore virtually unknown.
Author : Gary Edson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 39,10 MB
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 1476612331
For at least 20,000 years, masking has been a mark of cultural evolution and an indication of magical-religious sophistication in society. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the mask as a powerful cultural phenomenon--a means by which human groupings attempted to communicate their dignity and sense of purpose, as well as establish a continuum between the natural and supernatural worlds. It addresses the distinctive environments within which masks flourished, and analyzes the mask as a manifestation of art, ethnology and anthropology.
Author : Purissima Benitez-Johannot
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,51 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN :
Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, 10 September - 28 November 1998, and then touring Europe.
Author : Iris Hahner-Herzog
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Art, African
ISBN : 9783791338071
African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Author : Virginia-Lee Webb
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Photography of sculpture
ISBN : 0870999397
Author : Laure Meyer
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,58 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN :
This magnificently illustrated book covers each medium or craft in turn and examines in a clear and accessible manner the entire range of Black African art from aesthetic and ethnological points of view.
