Tribal Art

This major work provides access to the artistic heritage of Angola. The reproduced works, of an often exceptional plastic quality, bear witness to religious and aesthetic practices, but also to contacts, encounters and links between various peoples. After a general introduction by Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, the best specialists summarize here the essence of their knowledge. Manuel Gutierrez provides a synthesis of current perspectives on prehistory and archaeology, while ancient history, with state structures, the slave trade and Portuguese colonization, is evoked by Maria Alexandra Miranda Aparicio, who also discusses independence , the civil war and the reconstruction of the country. Political and religious powers are intimately linked, as shown by Boris Wastiau.

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The artistic and cultural riches of Ghana are presented by a collective of authors and supported by abundant iconography. Throughout the history of the country, the contributions decline the arts of metal, the funerary effigies in terracotta of the Akan, as well as the relations of oral literature with the objects. Particular attention is paid to contemporary art with in particular the work of Owusu-Ankomah and Almighty God. Also covered are original creations, such as anthropomorphic coffins.

Authors: Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau & collective
Edition: Dapper
Condition: NEW
Language: French & English
Number of pages: 424
Dimensions: 320 x 240mm
Paperback
ISBN: 978-2906067936

In Africa, as in Oceania, men rarely appear without adornment. Worn on a daily basis or during ceremonies, ornaments bear witness to experiences, particularly during the rites that mark the life of an individual. This book is an original exploration of male identities: the jewelry, clothing and emblems, as well as the statuary representing characters with ornaments, translate the codes of appearance. The rich iconography of this book is based on exceptional works belonging to major museums or private collections as well as on documents, engravings, drawings and photographs evoking the contexts in which the arts of adornment were developed. The contributions of the authors - ethnologists, art historians and writers - complement each other to bring out stimulating reflections on the place ...

From distant African roots, jazz emerged from the bastringues of New Orleans to become the major musical event of the 20th century. Similarly, strange objects from Africa, taken from the trunks of missionaries, doctors and colonial administrators, passed from the Museum of Ethnography to the Museum of Art and History where they acquired their letters of nobility. It is an event. When African art was revealed in its form to Picasso, Matisse, Breton and others, our art was transformed. The difference in perception between our approach to this art and the sensitivity of those who created modern art lies in the fact that today the very meaning of tribal objects acquires an importance that was neglected at the time of their discovery. This book sheds light on the incredible paradox of the ...

Dr. Suzanne Preston Blier delivers an exhaustive study of the asen collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, which is among the most refined and diverse examples of these portable metal altars from the kingdom of Danhomè in what is now the Republic of Benin. In her introduction, she reconstructs the history of the asen and shows how this artistic tradition has played an essential role in the very history of the region, a history that dates back to the 17th century, and probably even earlier. It examines the socio-historical importance of asen and the vital role played by the artists themselves.

Authors: Suzanne Preston Blier
Publisher: Barbier-Mueller
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 127
Dimensions: 275 x 210mm

Discover African art through this book. The African continent is the second largest in the world after Asia and its area is about three times that of Europe. It has around one billion inhabitants, speaking more than 2000 different local languages and dialects. Trade between Europe and Africa intensified in the 15th century. Later, the colonizers developed infrastructures in order to enlarge their economic power. According to them, Africa was a continent...

Authors: Franziska Bolz
Edition: Place des Victoires
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 400
Dimensions: 315 x 275mm
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-2809915143

Gesture and movement establish the dynamic aesthetic of Ndary Lo. In addition to iron, the artist appropriates various recycled materials from his environment.

Author: Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau
Edition: Dapper Editions
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 32
Dimensions: 210 x 148mm
Paperback
ISBN: 978-2906067837

In the middle of the 20th century, the discovery of the culture and art of the Dogon of Mali profoundly upset knowledge of the history of Africa. The origin myths and the worldview of the Dogon have proven to be as rich and complex as ancient European accounts, and at the origin of the most varied and inventive art on the African continent. Some sculptures are among the oldest known works in Africa, relating to the migrations of medieval times and the populations in contact in the region for almost a millennium. The statuary whose stylistic characteristics have been identified, the rigorous workmanship of the masks, the stripped functionality of the architecture highlight the omnipresence of cosmogony in the daily life of the Dogon. The arts, the language and the Dogon society are still ...

Discover African art through this book. The African continent is the second largest in the world after Asia and its area is about three times that of Europe. It has around one billion inhabitants, speaking more than 2000 different local languages and dialects. Trade between Europe and Africa intensified in the 15th century. Later, the colonizers developed infrastructures in order to enlarge their economic power. According to them, Africa was a continent...

Authors: Franziska Bolz
Edition: Place des Victoires
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 299
Dimensions: 245 x 210mm
Paperback
ISBN: 9782809916874

The art of arranging the hair, of ornamenting and magnifying the head, has given rise, in Africa, to the creation of incomparable hairstyles. Pharaohs, priests of ancient Egypt, nomadic peoples of Sudan, kings and soothsayers of the great Bantu civilizations, spokespersons for Yoruba deities or initiates of the powerful brotherhoods of central or western Africa, all are distinguished by their head adornments. "Places of memory", the hairstyles were transposed by the sculptors on the statues and on the masks. Coming from the Dapper collection, major museums and private collections, the hundred or so works reproduced reveal the astonishing diversity of headdresses, headdresses and hairstyles, and the accessories that go with them. Spectacular assemblies in crest, basket, cascade, braided ...

The name Oceania brings together a multitude of islands spread across the Pacific Ocean: Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii, New Guinea or the Caroline Islands, etc. The iconography of this work presents more than 160 objects, neck rests, fly swatters, pestles, stilt stirrups, fan handles, but also carved skulls, masks and statues. These objects are the last witnesses of cultures that have disappeared forever.

Authors: Vincent Bounoure
Edition: Dapper Editions
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 252
Dimensions: 330 x 240mm
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-2906067202

Covered with mineral or vegetable materials, organic substances taken from animals or humans, the body of the statuettes revives the vital forces disturbed by illness or misfortune. Active objects, memories of pain, healing and hope, life and death, are works of art, carved first by sculptors, then brought to life by cult officials, priests, soothsayers and healers.< br />
Authors: Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Suzanne Preston Blier, Youssouf Tata Cissé, Vincent Bouloré, Arthur P. Bourgeois
Edition: Dapper Editions
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 272
Dimensions: 320 x 240mm
Paperback
ISBN: 978-2906067356

Color expresses the sacred. The texts question the memory of peoples as well as the oral tradition. Examining rules and codes, they show that color is the repository of the spiritual dimension of the sculpted object, its value and its prestige.

Authors: Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Lucien Stéphan, Didier Normand
Edition: Dapper Editions
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 207
Dimensions: 290 x 215mm
Paperback
ISBN: 978-2906067219

Reserved for worship or used on a daily basis, the objects are generally made by men and for practices for which they are responsible. Many of them transmit information relating not only to aesthetics but also to the functions occupied by women in political, economic, social and religious life. The works suggest both the idea of ​​sensuality and fertility. Alone or carrying a child, the figures evoke the roles of wife, begetter or mother, motherhood constituting a major theme found in almost all cultures. Sometimes the subjects refer to the power exercised by certain women, ancestors, queen mothers, celebrants... Based on texts by sociologists, ethnologists, art historians, and on a rich iconography (works from collections prestigious, public and private, field documents), this work seeks ...

Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Luba empire developed extremely refined arts. For centuries, the workshops of the Luba master sculptors have perpetuated cutting techniques for the production of statuettes and objects that are emblems of power: scepters, spears, arrow holders, seats, etc. The author devoted twenty years of his life to the elaboration of this work, which presents more than 150 sculptures – exploring the Luba kingdom, its myths, its history, its peoples, its artists and its arts.

Author: François Neyt
Edition: Dapper Editions
Condition: NEW
Language: French
Number of pages: 253
Dimensions: 320 x 230mm
Paperback
ISBN: 978-2906067233

On all continents, since the dawn of time, in so-called "traditional" societies, individuals have inscribed on their chairs marks, ephemeral or indelible, which affirm an identity, punctuate an initiation, a pre-pagecisis and a . The body only reaches its true plenitude, its social, spiritual, "civilized" dimension through this painted, engraved, set ornamentation, through these artificial interventions and transformations. Tattooing, scarification, piercing, implants, branding, are now surfacing in so-called "advanced" societies. Practices most often based on a desire for transgression and dissidence are dissociated from any social or religious ritual. And quickly solicited by fashion. Sometimes referring to an imaginary primitivism, these marks have a value of personal affirmation. This ...

The book "African and Oceanian sculptures: French colonies and Belgian Congo" looks back on the exhibition "Indigenous art of the French colonies of Africa and Oceania and Belgian Congo", organized in October 1923 at the Pavillon de Marsan by the Central Union of Decorative Arts.

Publishing: Pravana Books
Condition: very good
Language: French
Dimensions: 205 x 130mm
Hardcover
ISBN: 9-LB100157056328-301-1M

The common point of these expressive objects is their African origin. However, little is known about the artists who created them. As they travel through space and time, the context in which these works of art are to be seen has changed and so has their meaning. Here they are brought together in a fascinating panorama of African art.

Author: Franziska Bolz
Publisher: Koenemann
Condition: NEW
English language
Number of pages: 300
Dimensions: 245 x 210mm
Paperback
ISBN: 9783741924125

From the 1880s to the 1940s, French colonial officials, businessmen and soldiers, returning from overseas assignments, brought masks and wooden figures back from Africa. This imperial and cultural power game is the starting point of a story that travels from sub-Saharan Africa to Parisian art galleries; from the pages of fashion magazines, through the doors of the Louvre, to world fairs and international auction houses; in the apartments of avant-garde critics and poets; through the streets of Harlem, then loop the loop to museums and colonial schools in Dakar, Bamako and Abidjan.

Author: John Warne Monroe
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Condition: NEW
Language: English
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 260 x 180mm
Hardcover

This book presents the great masterpieces of African tribal art from French private collections. It was taken from this book 20 copies numbered from I to XX and 80 copies numbered from 21 to 100 which constitute the original edition. Color and black and white photographs.

Author: Marceau Rivière
Publisher: Editions Philbi
Condition: like new
Language: French, English, German
Number of pages: 173
Dimensions: 290 x 220mm
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3741921612

The common point of these expressive objects is their African origin. However, little is known about the artists who created them. As they travel through space and time, the context in which these works of art are to be viewed has changed and so has their meaning. Here they are brought together in a fascinating panorama of African art.

Author: Franziska Bolz
Publisher: Koenemann
Condition: NEW
Language: English
Number of pages: 300
Dimensions: 315 x 275mm
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3741921612