DE GRUNNE Bernard, PEZZOLI Gigi.
Sacri Spiriti (sacred spirits). Songye.
Silvana
Regular price
€110,00
| N° d'inventaire | 26060 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 336 p., numerous photographs, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Milan, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836652556 |
This catalog presents the art of a single African people, the Songye of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and a single type of magico-protective objects: in the local language nkishi (singular) and mankishi (plural).
Thus, the reader is offered the rare opportunity to delve deeper into a specific class of objects, to grasp some of the constituent elements of their essence, their placement in the communities of origin, stylistic variations and more. Ritual figures with different functions are illustrated: the largest were intended to protect an entire village, the small and medium-sized ones to protect individuals.
After the framing texts, the sequence of images begins with a historical object and continues with a series of works of major aesthetic value. All other mankishi are presented in a hypothetical geographical sequence as if one were traveling counterclockwise through the Songye country: from the southeast to the center-northeast, from the center-northwest to the southwest and south. Within the geographical route, themes for further study are placed, including some identified master workshops.
Thus, the reader is offered the rare opportunity to delve deeper into a specific class of objects, to grasp some of the constituent elements of their essence, their placement in the communities of origin, stylistic variations and more. Ritual figures with different functions are illustrated: the largest were intended to protect an entire village, the small and medium-sized ones to protect individuals.
After the framing texts, the sequence of images begins with a historical object and continues with a series of works of major aesthetic value. All other mankishi are presented in a hypothetical geographical sequence as if one were traveling counterclockwise through the Songye country: from the southeast to the center-northeast, from the center-northwest to the southwest and south. Within the geographical route, themes for further study are placed, including some identified master workshops.
Thus, the reader is offered the rare opportunity to delve deeper into a specific class of objects, to grasp some of the constituent elements of their essence, their placement in the communities of origin, stylistic variations and more. Ritual figures with different functions are illustrated: the largest were intended to protect an entire village, the small and medium-sized ones to protect individuals.
After the framing texts, the sequence of images begins with a historical object and continues with a series of works of major aesthetic value. All other mankishi are presented in a hypothetical geographical sequence as if one were traveling counterclockwise through the Songye country: from the southeast to the center-northeast, from the center-northwest to the southwest and south. Within the geographical route, themes for further study are placed, including some identified master workshops.