West African Bronze Masterworks: The Syrop Collection.
5 Continents| N° d'inventaire | 29637 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 320 p., illustrated, cloth bound under dust jacket. |
| Publication | Milan, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9791254600412 |
The volume presenting Arnold Syrop's collection of West African bronzes has all the qualities to mark a major milestone in the field of African art. Long awaited by collectors, specialists, and art lovers, the book brings together the bronze works, most of them previously unseen, that have captured Syrop's passionate, attentive, and tireless gaze over four decades.
An architect by profession and a collector by instinct, Arnold Syrop pioneered his interest in this particular area of African material culture and developed what Susan Kloman calls in her introduction "one of the best eyes" on African bronzes.
As the author-collector points out in his preface, these bronzes are mostly of a "spiritual nature" since they were created to give strength to their owner and ensure his protection.
The approximately two hundred objects in the volume, many of which predate any contact with the West, are accompanied by bilingual (English-French) descriptive notes which shed light on their particularities and importance in the panorama of African arts.
The volume presenting Arnold Syrop's collection of West African bronzes has all the qualities to mark a major milestone in the field of African art. Long awaited by collectors, specialists, and art lovers, the book brings together the bronze works, most of them previously unseen, that have captured Syrop's passionate, attentive, and tireless gaze over four decades.
An architect by profession and a collector by instinct, Arnold Syrop pioneered his interest in this particular area of African material culture and developed what Susan Kloman calls in her introduction "one of the best eyes" on African bronzes.
As the author-collector points out in his preface, these bronzes are mostly of a "spiritual nature" since they were created to give strength to their owner and ensure his protection.
The approximately two hundred objects in the volume, many of which predate any contact with the West, are accompanied by bilingual (English-French) descriptive notes which shed light on their particularities and importance in the panorama of African arts.