Intimate Conversations: African Miniatures Tapa dura - 2017

5 Continents Editions, 2017. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 11.25x9.50x0.71 inches.

5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2017 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. French text; Paperback; 21.5 x 27 cm; 1,1 kg; 216 pages with 153 colour illustrations.; Catalogue from the exhibition held at Fondation Baur, Musée des Arts D'Extrême-Orient from the 23 November 2017 to 25 February 2018.; Responding to the interest in the relations between the Far East, Asia and Europe, this exhibition reconsiders the exportation of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain whose commerce was popularised during the 17th century by the Dutch East India Company. This century is known for having been the Golden Age of the Low Countries. Its successful maritime dealings with the Indies made the newly-fledged Republic of the United Provinces one of Europe's greatest commercial powers. And its openness to different modes of thought also attracted many writers, thinkers and scholars, creating a cultural centre in which the arts and literature flourished. The middle class of merchants made wealthy by trade with… Leer más

Large-format volume, measuring approximately 10.5" x 12.25", and dust jacket are new, still in shrinkwrap. 333 pages."Over the past 50 years, John and Nicole Dintenfass have assembled an African art collection that can serve as a model and a source of inspiration for new and seasoned collectors alike. Featuring 130 works from their collection, each object captured in multiple beautiful and sensitive photographs, this lavishly illustrated book traces the origin of a collector's interest in African art and analyzes the psychological aspects driving the passion for collecting."Contents:"In the Palm of Your Hand: A Phenomenology of African Miniature Sculptures" by Heinrich Schweizer;"The Psychology of the Collector" by Nicole Dintenfass;"Intimate Conversations" by John Dintenfass;"The Standing Man: Musical Variations on the Human Body" by Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter;"Silent Choreographies" by Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter;"Maternities, Couples, and Janus Figures: The Sacredness of Life" by… Leer más