Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary (Fashion Studies) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0300124090 ISBN 13: 9780300124095

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2007

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Reseña del editor:

Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a family's vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regional genres, illuminates the purpose and significance of these icons of African art, which first came to prominence because of their appeal to the Western avant-garde. While providing an overview of sources ranging from colonial explorers, missionaries, critics, artists, and art historians, the book breaks new ground in its examination of the complex aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of the reliquaries. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together the perspectives of scholars in African and medieval art history along with those in African history, religion, and ethnography.

Biografía del autor:

Alisa LaGamma is Curator in the Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0300124090
• ISBN 13: 9780300124095
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
• Herausgeber: LaGamma Alisa