ISBN:
9780300250923
,
0300250924
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 281 Seiten
,
31 cm
DDC:
709.6074755451
Keywords:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Catalogs
;
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
;
Art Catalogs
;
Art, African Expertising
;
Art, African Catalogs
;
Art
;
Art, African
;
Catalogs
;
Virginia ; Richmond
;
Katalog
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Kunst
Abstract:
The path to collecting African art -- Building the collection -- Studying the collection : the role of conservation -- Object lessons -- A brief history of collecting and displaying African art in the West -- Thinking forward : future histories of African art.
Abstract:
"The collection of African art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is among the most comprehensive in the United States, featuring works in all media from across the continent dating from antiquity to today. This handsome volume, the product of a groundbreaking collaboration between the museum's curators and conservators, supported by a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, presents highlights from the collection--some never before published--alongside new scientific analysis and imaging. Six chapters detail both the historiographical and technical concerns at play in collecting and conserving African art. The result promises to deepen our understanding of the art in the dynamics of their original communities and as they appear now in a museum context."
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 266-275
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