Author: Lagamma, Alisa et al.
Title: Kongo: Power and Majesty
Description: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2015. First printing. Hardcover. Gray and color illus. paper baords with oatmeal cloth spine, illus. flyleaves, 308 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2015-2016 exhibition of artwork from the Kongo region of the African continent. "The creative output of Kongo artists of Central Africa will be represented by 134 works drawn from more than 50 institutional and private collections across Europe and the United States, reflecting five hundred years of encounters and shifting relations between European and Kongo leaders. From a dynamic assembly of 15 monumental power figures to elegantly carved ivories and finely woven textiles, the exhibition will explore how the talents of Central Africa's most gifted artists were directed toward articulating a culturally distinct vernacular of power." (museum web site) With seven thematic and illustrated essays, plus glossary and bibliography. Much to see here. VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on the back pasted end page. Stamp on the top text block. Small tear in the back pasted end page.
Keywords: African Art ; African Art ; Kongo ; Central Africa ; ; Museum Exhibitions - African Art
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Title: Kongo: Power and Majesty
Description: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Yale University Press, 2015. First printing. Hardcover. Gray and color illus. paper baords with oatmeal cloth spine, illus. flyleaves, 308 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2015-2016 exhibition of artwork from the Kongo region of the African continent. "The creative output of Kongo artists of Central Africa will be represented by 134 works drawn from more than 50 institutional and private collections across Europe and the United States, reflecting five hundred years of encounters and shifting relations between European and Kongo leaders. From a dynamic assembly of 15 monumental power figures to elegantly carved ivories and finely woven textiles, the exhibition will explore how the talents of Central Africa's most gifted artists were directed toward articulating a culturally distinct vernacular of power." (museum web site) With seven thematic and illustrated essays, plus glossary and bibliography. Much to see here. VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on the back pasted end page. Stamp on the top text block. Small tear in the back pasted end page.
Keywords: African Art ; African Art ; Kongo ; Central Africa ; ; Museum Exhibitions - African Art
Price: US$ 35.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 158202
- Book number: 158202
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