ISBN:
9781588394323
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9780300175844
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XI, 298 S.
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zahlr. Ill., Kt.
DDC:
709.6074/7471
Schlagwort(e):
Figure sculpture, African Exhibitions
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Portrait sculpture, African Exhibitions
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Sculpture Exhibitions
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Art and society Exhibitions
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Subsaharisches Afrika
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Kunst
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Plastik
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Bildnis
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Visual poems in praise of an ever-present past: Ife terracottas -- Pageantry and ritual: the Akan -- Dancing figures and effigy thrones: Grassfield chiefdoms -- The golden age of Shyáám and beyond: the Kuba -- Of hunter princes and cherished maidens: the Chokwe and Luluwa -- Sublime chiefs and the persistence of memory: the Hemba.
Anmerkung:
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 20, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and at the Rietberg Museum, Zürich, February 26-June 3, 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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