"Negro art? Don't know!" said Picasso in 1920. It is true that African art was only discovered late, at the beginning of the century, by a few artists and intellectuals such as Picasso, Apollinaire or Derain and it was then only appreciated for its sculptural qualities. However, African objects were brought back and then exhibited in ethnographic museums, created following the universal exhibitions, from the beginning of colonization towards the second half of the 19th century. But it was not until the 1930s and the writings of authors such as Michel Leiris, the missions of ethnologists and above all the field work undertaken by Marcel Griaule in Mali among the Dogon, to discover the hidden dimension - religious or social - of these objects to restore their meaning. Today, major international exhibitions and the enhancement of museum collections testify to the growing interest in African art. This work proposes to give some reading keys to the informed public as well as to the neophyte, approaching the great themes of African art - fertility, the gods, the symbols of power, the word - from twelve major works chosen from the collections of the National Museum of Arts of Africa and Oceania. The book contains around 150 illustrations of objects from different European collections and museums. Author: Etienne Féau & Hélène Joubert Publisher: SCALA Condition: used, very good Language: French Number of pages: 128 Dimensions: 210 x 170mm Paperback ISBN: 978-2866561390
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