Invention and Tradition: The Art of Southeastern Nigeria - Hardcover

Cole, Herbert M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3791346008 ISBN 13: 9783791346007

Verlag: Prestel Publishing, 2012

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Reseña del editor:

The peoples of Southeastern Nigeria are famous for their artistic creativity. This illuminating book focuses on sculptural arts - mostly figures and masks - examining these largely unpublished works through the dual lenses of invention and tradition, and with many early and recent contextual photographs.

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This book celebrates and explores the sculpture and masks of the many diverse ethnic groups living in Southeastern Nigeria. The peoples of this region-the populous Igbo and a dozen nearby but smaller groups-are famous for their artistic creativity. This illuminating book focuses on the area's sculptural arts-mostly figures and masks-examining these mostly unpublished works through the dual lenses of invention and tradition, and with many early and recent contextual photographs.

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• Verlag: Prestel Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3791346008
• ISBN 13: 9783791346007
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144