SHIELDS
Subtitle: Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania of the Barbier-Mueller Museum
Authors: P. BENITEZ–JOHANNOT / BARBER JP / BOYER A.-M.
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue
– Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris: 10 September / November 19, 1998
– Museum of Art and History, Geneva: 18 March / September 5, 1999
– Haus der Kunst, Munich: Fall 1999
– Kunst Museum, Solothurn: mid September 1999 / mid November 2000
Publisher: Editions Adam Biro, Paris, 1998. Paperback, 4to, size: 24 x 31 cm, ISBN 2-87660-226-1
Content: 256 p, 22 ill.. b / w, 100 ill. col., 79 b / w photos, 121 drawings, 12 engravings, 23 maps, biblio., references, index
Additional information: original edition, French Edition. Work exhausted, rare and sought
State of the work: Very good condition
Description
This book presents a hundred African shields, Southeast Asia and Oceania, selected from the collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. Since ancient times, the shield uses are varied: defensive weapon rarely offensive, adornment or ritual loaded with symbolic values. From mythology to the “primitivism” through literature and painting, he has been the preferred media of a multitude of signs, emblems and decorations. Records, for each shield, specify their localized geographical origin using maps and identify their ethnicity and their function. Many color reproductions as well as original drawings of the inner face reveal the extraordinary aesthetic quality of these shields, the other showed “situation” with photographs taken in the field.
Additional information
| Weight | 1520 g |
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| Dimensions | 24 × 31 cm |
