African Masterworks in the Detroit Museum of Arts
de Penney, David W. with Mary Nooter Roberts and Helen M. Shannon
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- ISBN 10
- 1560986026
- ISBN 13
- 9781560986027
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Washington, DC: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. Softcover. VG. Black wraps. 180 pp. 88 color plates. Includes essays by Micahel Kan and Roy Sieber. Describes and illustrates 88 works. Very nice catalogue of the collection. African Masterworks in the Detroit Institute of Arts showcases eighty-eight of the museum's finest works, representing the full range of major sub-Saharan sculptural traditions during the past three centuries: figures, masks, containers, carved stools, jewelry, and musical instruments. As noted in the introductory material, almost all African art has a functional base - each sculpture's primary justification is its effectiveness as a ritual or utilitarian object. Text accompanying each photograph describes not only the circumstances, when known, of the object's creation, but also the harmonious interplay of its aesthetic features and cultural and spiritual function. The catalogue also details the rituals surrounding the religious objects and the social importance of the secular works. Organized by region, from the western Sudan to southern Africa, the book includes essays on the history of each area, as well as maps and an extensive bibliography. Michael Kan, the curator of the collection, provides a history of the museum's African art acquisitions since 1900, and the introduction by Roy Sieber traces the evolution of Western appreciation for African art, describing also the value placed on the objects by the community from which they arose.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- African Masterworks in the Detroit Museum of Arts
- Autor
- Penney, David W. with Mary Nooter Roberts and Helen M. Shannon
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG
- Cantidad disponible
- 2
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1560986026
- ISBN 13
- 9781560986027
- Editorial
- Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Washington, DC
- Fecha de publicación
- 1995
- Palabras clave
- African Art ; Detroit Museum African Art Collection ; ;
- Catálogos del vendedor
- African Art;
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