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African Reflections

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Author : Enid Schildkrout
Publisher : Amer Museum of Natural History
ISBN 13 : 9780295969619
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book African Reflections written by Enid Schildkrout and published by Amer Museum of Natural History. This book was released on 1990 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprises studies on the bibliographic control of various collections (e.g., films, museum materials, publications in African languages), background information on interlibrary cooperation, and an essay on improved online access to Africa-related materials in undergraduate collection. A companion to an exhibition developed by the American Museum of Natural History, the sophisticated text and stunning illustrations (249 in all, 128 in glorious color) trace the art history of northeastern Zaire from before the first encounters with Europeans in the 1870s to the present. The authors contrast the traditional design aesthetic with the naturalistic and representational style of art that flourished after 1900. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Remembering the Present

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Author : Johannes Fabian
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520203761
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Remembering the Present written by Johannes Fabian and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an extraordinarily original, powerfully argued book; provocative in the best sense of the word. The sheer juxtaposition of the terrible history of Zaire as painted by a Zairean popular artist who lived through some of the worst of it, the artist's precise and eloquent explications of his work, a bluntly factualist account of the events depicted, and Fabian's searching ethnographical commentary, without privileging any of these so different types of discourse over any of the others, raises some of the most fundamental and most difficult questions in history, art, and anthropology. Remembering the Present is a major step forward in both the presentation of cultural materials and in their analysis."--Clifford Geertz

Congo Art Works

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Author : Bambi Ceuppens
Publisher : Lannoo Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9782873869915
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Congo Art Works written by Bambi Ceuppens and published by Lannoo Publishers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Showcases paintings by innovative Congolese artists from Lubumbashi, Kinshasa, Bunia, Mbandaka, Kikwit and Kisangani -Explores the concept of painting as visual memory Painting was one of the defining factors in the formation of Congolese national culture during the seventies and eighties. Looking back on works from this era, we gain a clear impression of the country's collective memory. The exhibition of paintings featured in this book explores the development of Congolese society from 1968-2012. Portraits, landscapes and allegorical paintings alternate with urban scenes, historical figures and critical reflections on religion, politics and social problems. Humor is never far away. Historical objects, photos, drawings and archive footage provide a broader perspective, and similarities to older art forms and other genres from Congo are clearly visible. The importance of popular paintings is not fundamentally different from that of more traditionally respected art; both are crucial reflections on their contexts, and informed the development of Congolese society.

Africa’s Struggle for Its Art

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Author : Bénédicte Savoy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691234736
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Africa’s Struggle for Its Art written by Bénédicte Savoy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A major new history of how, between 1965 and 1985, African nations sought the restitution of works of art stolen during the colonial period, written by the most important and influential figure in the field"--

Atlas of World Art

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Author : John Onians
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1856693775
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Atlas of World Art written by John Onians and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines a survey of world art with maps showing the associations and dissemination of culture across the globe.

Authentically African

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Author : Sarah Van Beurden
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821445456
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Authentically African written by Sarah Van Beurden and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium, and the Institut des Musées Nationaux du Zaire (IMNZ) in the Congo have defined and marketed Congolese art and culture. In Authentically African, Sarah Van Beurden traces the relationship between the possession, definition, and display of art and the construction of cultural authenticity and political legitimacy from the late colonial until the postcolonial era. Her study of the interconnected histories of these two institutions is the first history of an art museum in Africa, and the only work of its kind in English. Drawing on Flemish-language sources other scholars have been unable to access, Van Beurden illuminates the politics of museum collections, showing how the IMNZ became a showpiece in Mobutu’s effort to revive “authentic” African culture. She reconstructs debates between Belgian and Congolese museum professionals, revealing how the dynamics of decolonization played out in the fields of the museum and international heritage conservation. Finally, she casts light on the art market, showing how the traveling displays put on by the IMNZ helped intensify collectors’ interest and generate an international market for Congolese art. The book contributes to the fields of history, art history, museum studies, and anthropology and challenges existing narratives of Congo’s decolonization. It tells a new history of decolonization as a struggle over cultural categories, the possession of cultural heritage, and the right to define and represent cultural identities.

Kilengi

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Author : Christopher D. Roy
Publisher : University of Washington Press and Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Kilengi written by Christopher D. Roy and published by University of Washington Press and Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover. This book was released on 1999 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents works from regions as well as new discoveries and objects that challenged conceptions of African art.

Remnants of Ritual

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Author : Arthur Paul Bourgeois
Publisher : Ethnos Enterprises Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780972773119
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (731 download)

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Download or read book Remnants of Ritual written by Arthur Paul Bourgeois and published by Ethnos Enterprises Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Visual Arts of Africa

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Author : Judith Perani
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Visual Arts of Africa written by Judith Perani and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special features of this book: follows a geographical organization across the continent; each chapter is reader friendly with clear, accessible sub-headings; represents important religious and utilitarian art traditions from the Sahara desert, West Africa, Central Africa, Northeast Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa; gives special attention to the themes of gender, power, and life cycle rituals, which frequently intersect with one another to form an understanding of the arts of Africa; includes figurative sculpture, masquerades, architecture, textiles, dress, ceramics, wall painting, and leatherwork traditions; includes selected examples of the earliest known documented art works as well as contemporary art of each geographical region; includes an up-to-date bibliography, incorporating recent published field research for each chapter; and features 369 black and white illustrations, 16 colored plates, maps, and a time line.

African Art in Motion

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Author : Robert Farris Thompson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520038448
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book African Art in Motion written by Robert Farris Thompson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire

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Author : John M. Janzen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520032958
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire written by John M. Janzen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many peoples elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. What criteria, he asks, determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is their institutional interrelationship? In seeking answers, he analyzes case histories and cultural contexts to explore what social transactions, decisionmaking, illness and therapy classifications, and resource allocations are used in the choice of therapy by the ill, their kinfolk, friends, asociates, and specialized practitioners. From the Preface: This book presents an "on the ground" ethnographic account of how medical clients of one region of Lower Zaire diagnose illness, select therapies, and evaluate treatments, a process we call "therapy management." The book is intended to clarify a phenomenon of which central African clients have long been cognizant, namely, that medical systems are used in combination. Our study is aimed primarily at readers interested in the practical issues of medical decision-making in an African country, the cultural content of symptoms, and the dynamics of medical pluralism, that is, the existence in a single society of differently designed and conceived medical systems.

Memory

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Author : Mary Nooter Roberts
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Memory written by Mary Nooter Roberts and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...In conjunction with an exhibition ... presented by the Museum for African Art, New York (2 february - 8 september 1996)

Rumba Rules

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Author : Bob W. White
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822389266
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Rumba Rules written by Bob W. White and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-27 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying “happy are those who sing and dance,” and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. During this period Zairian popular dance music (often referred to as la rumba zaïroise) became a sort of musica franca in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. But how did this privileged form of cultural expression, one primarily known for a sound of sweetness and joy, flourish under one of the continent’s most brutal authoritarian regimes? In Rumba Rules, the first ethnography of popular music in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bob W. White examines not only the economic and political conditions that brought this powerful music industry to its knees, but also the ways that popular musicians sought to remain socially relevant in a time of increasing insecurity. Drawing partly on his experiences as a member of a local dance band in the country’s capital city Kinshasa, White offers extraordinarily vivid accounts of the live music scene, including the relatively recent phenomenon of libanga, which involves shouting the names of wealthy or powerful people during performances in exchange for financial support or protection. With dynamic descriptions of how bands practiced, performed, and splintered, White highlights how the ways that power was sought and understood in Kinshasa’s popular music scene mirrored the charismatic authoritarianism of Mobutu’s rule. In Rumba Rules, Congolese speak candidly about political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu’s Zaire.

Zaire

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Author : Winsome J Leslie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000011305
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zaire written by Winsome J Leslie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-18 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the historical setting of Zaire and focuses on economic and political developments during the Mobutu era. It examines the corrupt and closed political system, with its roots in the colonial state and precolonial political patterns.

Kifwebe

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Author : Francois Neyt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788874398645
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book Kifwebe written by Francois Neyt and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a fresh perspective on the Songye and Luba through the study of the Woods Davy Collection Kifwebe masks are ceremonial objects used by the Songye and Luba societies (Democratic Republic of Congo), where they are worn with costumes consisting of a long robe and a long beard made of plant fibres. As in other central African cultures, the same mask can be used in either magical and religious or festive ceremonies. In order to understand Kifwebe masks, it is essential to consider them within the cosmogony of the python rainbow, metalworking in the forge, and other plant and animal signs. Among the Songye, benevolent female masks reveal what is hidden and balance white and red energy associated with two subsequent initiations, the bukishi. Aggressive male masks were originally involved in social control and had a kind of policing role, carried out in accordance with the instructions of village elders. These two male and female forces acted in a balanced way to reinforce harmony within the village. Among the Luba, the masked figures are also benevolent and appear at the new moon, their role being to enhance fertility. Although the male and female masks fulfil functions that do not wholly overlap, they do have features in common: a frontal crest, round and excessively protruding eyes, flaring nostrils, a cube-shaped mouth and lips, stripes, and colors. Art historians and anthropologists have taken increasing interest in Kifwebe masks in recent years.

African Sculptures and Forms

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Author : Francois Neyt
Publisher : 5 Continents Editions
ISBN 13 : 9788874398317
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book African Sculptures and Forms written by Francois Neyt and published by 5 Continents Editions. This book was released on 2018 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the turn of the twentieth century, in particular Gauguin, Picasso, Matisse, and later the Surrealists, then others right up till the present day, Western artists have drawn on the arts of Africa for inspiration. How can this constant impact ever be measured? The same is true for the arts in Africa. Every sculpture carries within it the heritage of a people, culture, and artistic tradition in the originality of its forms. West Africa, Central Africa, and East Africa each has its own set of characteristics, within which the variety of the sculptures--always similar yet also always different--demonstrates the creativity of the ethnic group that created it. This book presents a remarkable collection amassed by a knowledgeable and impassioned art lover that combines sensitivity with quality--a quality of forms meticulously selected among different African cultures. It includes masks and reliquaries carved in Gabon, effigies and statuettes from Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa, and astonishing objects from West Africa, from Mali to Cameroon, the Koro and Mossi peoples, the Ejagham and Ekoi in Nigeria, and the Gouro in the Ivory Coast. An extraordinary collection of artistic forms that well merits its place in the universal patrimony of art."--Publisher's website.

"Primitivism" in 20th century art

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Author : William Rubin
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 9780810960671
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book "Primitivism" in 20th century art written by William Rubin and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: