Download or read book African Masks from the Barbier Mueller Collection Geneva written by Iris Hahner-Herzog and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.

Download or read book African Masks written by Iris Hahner-Herzog and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.

Download or read book Masques africains de la collection Barbier Mueller written by Iris Hahner-Herzog and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aucune collection privée d'art africain ne couvre le continent noir mieux que la collection Barbier-Mueller. Commencée dans les années 1910 par Josef Mueller, elle a été complétée par Jean Paul Barbier qui en a fait l'un des plus importants musées d'art africain du monde. Symboles de l'art africain, les masques (l'un des points essentiels de la collection) incarnent la puissance créatrice des artistes comme des danseurs (les masques sont presque toujours présentés pendant les danses). Pratiquement toutes les régions où des masques ont été créés ou portés lors de cérémonies sont recensées dans ce livre : le lecteur y découvrira des pièces exceptionnelles, dont certaines peuvent être qualifiées " d'historiques " puisqu'elles ont appartenu aux découvreurs de l'art tribal du début de notre siècle. Un grand nombre de ces œuvres est d'ailleurs reproduit ici pour la première fois. Un texte introductif explique la raison d'être du masque en Afrique. De plus, cent masques - choisis pour leur caractère emblématique - sont reproduits en pleine page et en couleurs. Ils sont replacés dans leur contexte d'utilisation à l'aide de photographies " en situation ". Enfin, un catalogue, également illustré, fait l'inventaire complet des 250 masques de la collection. Chaque masque est l'objet de commentaires esthétiques et ethnographiques dans lesquels les auteurs décrivent son contexte rituel et analysent la symbolique qui lui est liée.

Download or read book Gold of Africa written by Timothy F. Garrard and published by Te Neues Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book L autre visage written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Un excellent texte introductif explique le symbolisme et la raison d'être des masques en Afrique. Cent masques reproduits pleine page appartenant à autant d'ethnies font l'objet d'un commentaire esthétique et ethnographique. Ils sont ensuite replacés dans leur contexte d'utilisation (danses rituelles) à l'aide de photographies "en situation". Enfin un catalogue, également illustré, fait l'inventaire complet des 250 masques du fonds Joseph Mueller. Complète un ouvrage plus modeste publié en 1980: ##Masques d'Afrique, dans les collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller##. (SDM 8106323).

Download or read book Important African Oceanic Art Auction written by Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.) and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Arts of Africa and Oceania written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancestral Art of Gabon written by Louis Perrois and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African Forms written by Laure Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminates an aspect of African art that has largely been neglected by other books. African sculptures and art can be difficult to decipher because they are more than tokens of "art for art's sake." African art is often based on religious and philosophical values. It is created not just for the patron but for the entire community, using a language of form to help the society to understand what cannot otherwise be put into words. Through an enlightening analysis of some continent's most emblematic artifacts, this book decodes African art by putting it in the context of the broader culture. It is thematically organized around key motifs to help you fully understand African art. 150 colour illustrations

Download or read book Adornment Masquerade and African Femininity written by Ismahan Soukeyna Diop and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws on a unique theoretical framework informed by clinical case studies, Fanonian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, and decolonial feminism, to examine the concept of adornment in African cultures. The book discusses the construction of aesthetic feminine ideals and the evolution of such ideals within the history of colonization, decolonization and globalization. Through the analysis of adornments including accessories, hairstyle, clothes and fabric, the author demonstrates how they can reflect social status, and also addresses its symbolic function in rituals. At the level of the individual, it draws on clinical case studies to examine the Lacanian theory of adornment and masquerade of femininity, and the extent to which this echoes ambivalent attitudes towards women in society at large. In doing so it provides a nuanced analysis which reveals how body adornment can be a paradoxical demonstration of both strength and weakness. Building on the author’s previous work in this area, this book offers an important contribution to current debates in psychoanalysis, cultural studies, critical race theory and decolonial feminism.

Download or read book Tribal Art written by Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter and published by Vendome Press. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Barbier-Mueller collection of the arts of Africa, Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Download or read book African Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traditional African Art written by Avner Shakarov and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of sub-Saharan Africa reveals the marvelous achievements of unknown artists over thousands of years. Their aesthetic ideal finds form in wood, ivory, fabric, bronze and iron. This illustrated study of traditional African art includes pieces from Western Sudan, the Congolese Basin, the Guinea coast, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and East and South Africa. Each piece is characterized by its own traditions and artistic forms. The earliest works date from the beginning of the first millennium, the most recent from the early 20th century. Unique and rare examples are documented, many heretofore virtually unknown.

Download or read book Aesthetics and Neuroscience written by Zoï Kapoula and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited monograph provides a compelling analysis of the interplay between neuroscience and aesthetics. The book broaches a wide spectrum of topics including, but not limited to, mathematics and creator algorithms, neurosciences of artistic creativity, paintings and dynamical systems as well as computational research for architecture. The international authorship is genuinely interdisciplinary and the target audience primarily comprises readers interested in transdisciplinary research between neuroscience and the broad field of aesthetics.

Download or read book Perfect Documents written by Virginia-Lee Webb and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2000 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The World of Tribal Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forms of Wonderment written by Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Forms of Wonderment: the History and Collections of the Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal] describes how the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal (near Nijmegen in the Netherlands) has developed over the years. It provides the first-ever overview of the museum's rich collections. In the half-century since the museum was founded, there has been a profound shift in Western attitudes to African and other world cultures. This is also true of the artefacts and works of art produced by these cultures. The title refers not only to the objects that are the main subject of this book, but also to t he various forms of wonderment of which they are both the cause and the effect. Many of the African forms shown here reflect man's wonderment at the circumstances and mysteries of his existence, and focus our attention on crucial moments and relationships in human life. Ever since the early twentieth century, these same forms have been a source of wonderment to artists, missionaries, art historians, anthropologists and art-lovers in the West--wonderment which often merges into admiration. The purpose of [these books] is to increase that admiration by familiarising readers with the artists' idioms and explaining the purposes and meanings of the objects they made." --back cover(s)