African sculptures and forms.
5 Continents| N° d'inventaire | 21441 |
| Format | 25 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 311 p., numerous color plates, cloth bound under dust jacket. |
| Publication | Milan, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788874398324 |
Since the end of the 19th century, artists have embraced African art as a source of inspiration, starting with Gauguin, followed by Picasso in 1906, then Matisse, the Surrealists, and many others up to the present day. Who can measure this impact, which constantly emerges in many ways? Each sculpture carries within it the memory of a people, a culture, an artistic tradition in an original conception of forms. West, Central, and East Africa each have their own affinities, and within these groups, the diversity of sculptures—always the same, always new—reveals a teeming creativity within each ethnic group. This book presents a special collection, assembled by an enlightened and passionate amateur, who embraces a sensitivity and quality of diverse forms, carefully chosen from different African cultures. It features masks, reliquaries, and sculpted symbols from Gabon, effigies and statuettes from Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa, and astonishing representations from West Africa, from Mali to Cameroon, from the Koro and Mossi to the Ejagham and Ekoi in Nigeria, and the Gouro in Ivory Coast. The reader will find marvelous evocations of the universal heritage of artistic forms.
Since the end of the 19th century, artists have embraced African art as a source of inspiration, starting with Gauguin, followed by Picasso in 1906, then Matisse, the Surrealists, and many others up to the present day. Who can measure this impact, which constantly emerges in many ways? Each sculpture carries within it the memory of a people, a culture, an artistic tradition in an original conception of forms. West, Central, and East Africa each have their own affinities, and within these groups, the diversity of sculptures—always the same, always new—reveals a teeming creativity within each ethnic group. This book presents a special collection, assembled by an enlightened and passionate amateur, who embraces a sensitivity and quality of diverse forms, carefully chosen from different African cultures. It features masks, reliquaries, and sculpted symbols from Gabon, effigies and statuettes from Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa, and astonishing representations from West Africa, from Mali to Cameroon, from the Koro and Mossi to the Ejagham and Ekoi in Nigeria, and the Gouro in Ivory Coast. The reader will find marvelous evocations of the universal heritage of artistic forms.