Author: Janet Rupert Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595351611 Category : Nigeria Languages : en Pages : 147
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Twelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.
Author: Iris Hahner-Herzog Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: 9783791338071 Category : Art, African Languages : en Pages : 0
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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: Ladislas Segy Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486231815 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 264
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Pictures grotesques, masks, and headdresses of various African tribes as well as exploring the psychological and ideological meaning, and ritual function of masks
Author: Christine Stelzig Publisher: Prestel Junior ISBN: 9783791318745 Category : Africa Languages : en Pages : 0
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Describes different types of ceremonial African masks, how and why they are made, and how they reflect the culture of their ethnic groups.
Author: Peter Stepan Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
"Spirits Speak presents a selection of the most important African masks found in major museums and renowned private collections around the globe: an overview such as has never been compiled in this way before. Artistic mastery, charisma, age and authenticity were paramount selection criteria with only the very best examples representing each well-known mask type. An introductory essay elucidates the conceptual intricacies and varying functions of the masks and sweeps away deep-rooted misunderstandings. Enlightening commentaries offer background information about the function and origins of each mask's use within the ethnic groups from which they originate, and a foldout map places them in their original geographical context."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Anne-Marie Bouttiaux Publisher: 5Continents ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 308
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With images of African masks alongside contemporary African art, this book presents an original look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks and works by contemporary African artists, it offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals.
Author: Laure Meyer Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 262
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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.
Author: James Gaasch Publisher: ISBN: 9781947112247 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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The photographs of the African masks and carvers in this book represent the Bwa (or Bwaba), Winiama and Mossi peoples of Burkina Faso, and the Bamana and Dogon peoples of Mali. Gaasch acquired many of these masks in the villages where they were carved. When possible, he interviewed the village carvers, the creators, of these dancing masks. Gaasch's interviews with the carvers underscore the cultural context where traditional African world views persist. And, to the extent possible, they give voice to the masks to reveal their own significance.The masks are, in our times, signifiers of cultures increasingly under siege, hostage to religious fanaticism, or to impoverishing globalization. This small book reaffirms the rights of these masks to continue to dance.
Author: Iris Hahner-Herzog Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 296
Book Description
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: Janet Rupert
Author: Iris Hahner-Herzog
Author: Carol Finley
Author: Ladislas Segy
Author: Christine Stelzig
Author: Peter Stepan
Author: Anne-Marie Bouttiaux
Author: Laure Meyer
Author: James Gaasch
Author: Iris Hahner-Herzog