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Author: Carol Finley
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780822520788
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes how different types of masks are made and used in Africa and how they reflect the culture of their ethnic groups.
Author: Iris Hahner-Herzog
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791338071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Author: Janet Rupert
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 0595351611
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.
Author: Christine Stelzig
Publisher: Prestel Junior
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783791318745
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes different types of ceremonial African masks, how and why they are made, and how they reflect the culture of their ethnic groups.
Author: Ladislas Segy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1976-01-01
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780486231815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPictures grotesques, masks, and headdresses of various African tribes as well as exploring the psychological and ideological meaning, and ritual function of masks
Author: Peter Stepan
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Spirits Speak presents a selection of the most important African masks found in major museums and renowned private collections around the globe: an overview such as has never been compiled in this way before. Artistic mastery, charisma, age and authenticity were paramount selection criteria with only the very best examples representing each well-known mask type. An introductory essay elucidates the conceptual intricacies and varying functions of the masks and sweeps away deep-rooted misunderstandings. Enlightening commentaries offer background information about the function and origins of each mask's use within the ethnic groups from which they originate, and a foldout map places them in their original geographical context."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Anne-Marie Bouttiaux
Publisher: 5Continents
Published: 2009-09
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith images of African masks alongside contemporary African art, this book presents an original look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks and works by contemporary African artists, it offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals.
Author: Laure Meyer
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis magnificently illustrated book covers each medium or craft in turn and examines in a clear and accessible manner the entire range of Black African art from aesthetic and ethnological points of view.
Author: James Gaasch
Publisher:
Published: 2019-05-21
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ISBN-13: 9781947112247
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe photographs of the African masks and carvers in this book represent the Bwa (or Bwaba), Winiama and Mossi peoples of Burkina Faso, and the Bamana and Dogon peoples of Mali. Gaasch acquired many of these masks in the villages where they were carved. When possible, he interviewed the village carvers, the creators, of these dancing masks. Gaasch's interviews with the carvers underscore the cultural context where traditional African world views persist. And, to the extent possible, they give voice to the masks to reveal their own significance.The masks are, in our times, signifiers of cultures increasingly under siege, hostage to religious fanaticism, or to impoverishing globalization. This small book reaffirms the rights of these masks to continue to dance.
Author: Iris Hahner-Herzog
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
