Eternal Ancestors
The Art of the Central African Reliquary
Lagamma, Alisa (EDT)
Boehm, Barbara (CON)
Bongmba, Elias Kifon (CON)
Klieman, Kairn A. (CON)
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BOOK SUMMARY
Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a familys vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regiona
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a familys vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regional genres, illuminates the purpose and significance of these icons of African art, which first came to prominence because of their appeal to the Western avant-garde. While providing an overview of sources ranging from colonial explorers, missionaries, critics, artists, and art historians, the book breaks new ground in its examination of the complex aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of the reliquaries. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together the perspectives of scholars in African and medieval art history along with those in African history, religion, and ethnography.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0300124090
ISBN(13-digit): 9780300124095
Dewey Decimal: 730.967/0747471
Library of Congress: 2007028958
Book Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 355
Paper Weight (lb): 4.05 lb
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