The language of beauty in African art:

This ambitious publication centers indigenous perspectives on traditional artworks from Africa by focusing on the judgments and vocabularies of members of the communities who created and used them. It explores cross-cultural affinities spanning the African continent while respecting local contexts;...

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Weitere Verfasser: Petridis, Constantine 1970- (HerausgeberIn, MitwirkendeR), Biro, Yaëlle 1979- (MitwirkendeR), Cole, Herbert M. (MitwirkendeR), Kone, Kassim (MitwirkendeR), Lawal, Babatunde 1942- (MitwirkendeR), Damme, Wilfried van (MitwirkendeR), Vogel, Susan Mullin 1942- (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago Art Institute of Chicago [2022]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:This ambitious publication centers indigenous perspectives on traditional artworks from Africa by focusing on the judgments and vocabularies of members of the communities who created and used them. It explores cross-cultural affinities spanning the African continent while respecting local contexts; it also documents an exhibition that is extraordinary in scope and scale. The project's overriding goal is to reconsider Western evaluations of these arts in both aesthetic and financial terms. The volume features nearly 300 works from collections around the world and from the important holdings of the Art Institute of Chicago. Although it emphasizes the sculptural legacy of sub-Saharan cultures from West and Central Africa, it also includes examples of artistic traditions associated with eastern and southern Africa as well as textiles and objects designed for domestic, ritual, and decorative functions
Beschreibung:Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, April 3-July 31, 2022 and The Art Institute of Chicago, November 20, 2022-February 27, 2023
Beschreibung:356 Seiten 33 x 24 cm Buchumschlag als Poster
ISBN:9780300260045
0300260040