Colours of Congo: Patterns, Symbols and Narratives in 20th-Century Congolese Paintings - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9887470732 ISBN 13: 9789887470731

Verlag: Hku Museum and Art Gallery, 2021

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A richly illustrated study on the history and reception of twentieth-century Congolese painting. 

A strong international interest in Congolese art has grown steadily since the founding of Belgium’s Royal Museum of Central Africa in the early 1900s, which was the first museum to institutionalize its study. In order to represent the chronological development of painting studios from Elisabethville to Brazzaville, this book is organized into three distinct sections. The first section provides a general introduction to Congolese art, focusing on the time period following the initial colonial encounter, and the second section discusses the painting studio established by Pierre Romain-Desfossés. The book concludes with a look at the schools of Laurent Moonens and Pierre Lods, highlighting the development of the various institutions that brought European art materials to the Congo and established techniques that subsequently popularized Congolese artists in Europe. This book is certain to draw attention to a significant area of African art history that continues to arouse popular interest. 
 

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Florian Knothe is director of the University Museum and Art Gallery at the University of Hong Kong, where he is also honorary associate professor in the School of Humanities. Estela Ibáñez-García teaches in the African studies program at the University of Hong Kong. 

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• Verlag: Hku Museum and Art Gallery
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9887470732
• ISBN 13: 9789887470731
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 214
• Herausgeber: Knothe Florian, Ibez-garca Estela
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