ISBN:
978-1-58839-687-7
Language:
English
Pages:
303 Seiten
,
Karten
Edition:
First printing
Keywords:
Westafrika Sahara
;
Sahel
;
Senegal
;
Mali
;
Republik Niger
;
Tschad
;
Kunst, afrikanische
;
Skulptur, traditionelle
;
Architektur
;
Geschichte
;
Kunstgeschichte
;
Bildband
;
Ausstellungskatalog
Abstract:
This groundbreaking volume examines the extraordinary artistic and cultural traditions of the African region known as the Sahel ("shore" in Arabic), a vast area on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert that includes present-day Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad. This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of the diverse cultural achievements and traditions of the region, spanning more than 1,300 years from the pre-Islamic period through the 19th century. It features some of the earliest extant art from Africa as well as such iconic works as sculptures by the Dogon and Bamana peoples of Mali. Essays by leading international scholars discuss the art, architecture, archaeology, literature, philosophy, religion, and history of the Sahel, exploring the unique cultural landscape in which these ancient communities flourished. Richly illustrated and brilliantly argued, Sahel brings to life the enduring creativity of the different peoples who lived, traded, and traveled through this crossroads of the world. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Director's forword / Max Hollein -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Contributors -- Map -- Introduction / Alisa LaGamma -- Local perceptions of early times: odes to Sahelian empires / David C. Conrad -- On the shoreline of history: the state of archaeology in the Sahel / Roderick McIntosh and Mamadou Cissé -- Pre-Islamic artistic patronage / Alisa LaGamma -- Islam in the West African Sahel / Paulo F. De Moraes Farias -- Architecture in focus: four Sahelian landmarks / Giulia Paoletti -- Sahelian diasporas: migrations from ancient Ghana and Mali / Alisa LaGamma -- Collecting the Sahelian past: myth building and primary sources / Yaëlle Biro and Ibrahima Thiaw -- From the rise of Songhay to the fall of Segu / Alisa LaGamma -- Praying for life / Souleymane Bachir Diagne -- Notes -- Works in the exhibition -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Note:
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from January 30 through May 10, 2020" (Seite [304])Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 285-293
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