The World of Songye - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Cutsem Anne Vanderstraete-Van, Dieter BuchhartPublish date:03/25/25Pages:584
Languages:EnglishPublisher:MercatorfondsISBN-13:9780300267020ISBN-10:300267029UPC:9780300267020Book Category:Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:African, AfricaBook Topic:CentralSize:13.50 x 13.50 x 3.20 inchesWeight:12.5619Product ID:SC1EW026FW
The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture, sculpture, masks, and iron forging This lavishly illustrated book brings a new approach to the masterpieces of Songye, a Bantu ethnic group from the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, exploring the styles of the different regions, the identification of Songye master artists, and the specificity of Kifwebe masks. The World of Songye displays a large number of unpublished and specially commissioned photographs of Songye works of art from private and public collections, and of historic field photographs. Edited by the unchallenged specialists of the subject with contributions from ten distinguished writers, World of Songye analyzes Songye aesthetics and symbols, the Songye representation of animals and weapons and the history of collecting Songye artifacts on the field. It also explores the religious and magical functions and powers of Songye objects and their influence on modern art, focusing in particular on Jean-Michel Basquiat. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
Languages:EnglishPublisher:MercatorfondsISBN-13:9780300267020ISBN-10:300267029UPC:9780300267020Book Category:Art, HistoryBook Subcategory:African, AfricaBook Topic:CentralSize:13.50 x 13.50 x 3.20 inchesWeight:12.5619Product ID:SC1EW026FW
Anne Vanderstraete-Van Cutsem is an art historian, author and curator of exhibitions at the Dapper, Wereldmuseum, and Barbier-Mueller museums. Fran?ois Neyt is professor emeritus at Catholic University of Louvain and the author of numerous reference books on African Art.
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