Appeared around the year 70 of our era, the statuary known as Djenné developed until 1750. Works by different groups living in the interior delta of the Niger River in present-day Mali, around the ancient urban center of Djenné-jeno, these terracotta sculptures, of which more than 250 are published for the first time in this book, express a remarkable variety of physical conditions and human demotions, making them the largest collection of sacred gestures of any civilization in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1984 and 1985, several surveys in Mali led to fascinating discoveries about the function of this elegant and refined ancient terracotta statuary, as well as its religious and cultural significance. Djenné-jeno analyzes this important corpus of terracotta sculptures, representative of one of the Mande arts of West Africa and largely unpublished, and reveals potential relationships between regions of West Africa whose artistic styles were hitherto considered to have evolved autonomously. Enhanced by hundreds of color illustrations, this book makes an essential contribution to the study of an art form that was virtually unknown a few decades ago. Author: Bernard De Grunne Editions: Fonds Mercator Condition: NEW Language: English Number of pages: 400Dimensions: 297 x 245 mmBoundISBN : 978-9061530671
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