GENESIS
Author: A. LaGamma
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: 19 November 2002 to 13 April 2003
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002. Hardcover, 4to, dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm, ISBN 0-300-09687-9
Content: 128 p, 2 ill. b / w, 77 ill. col., 10 b / w photos, 2 maps, biblio.
State of the work: Very good condition like new
Description
The Exhibition “Genesis: Ideas origins in African sculpture” brings about eighty objects that express beliefs about the origin in African sculpture. The exhibits make manifest the traditions that underpin the original designs and mark the sense of identity of a people. Through visual art questioned the origins of the world and humanity and social and political institutions (Agriculture, royalty, The exhibition explores the diversity of cultural perspectives and traditions. From this background -plan, it examines in depth the complexity of a particular sculptural form, rotator antelope “Ci Wara” Bamana of Mali. through this example, it considers all distinct regional and individual interpretations that have been associated with this shape over the last century.
Additional information
| Weight | 760 g |
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| Dimensions | 21.5 × 28 cm |
