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ART AND POWER - In the Central African Savanna

ART AND POWER - In the Central African Savanna

ART AND POWER - Luba - Songye - Luluwa - Chokwe

Revealing the powers immanent in works that the West long regarded only as exotic or abstract, Constantine Petridis looks beneath the surface of the arts of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe, and Luluwa peoples to find, literally embedded in sculpture, the forces that enable the spirit world to intervene in daily life. Ritual use of these objects is expected to ensure a healthy birth, successful hunt, or triumph over an enemy. Analysis of the scholarly record illuminates the changing visions of leadership and prestige that fostered the development of the majestic, elaborate figure styles long prized in the West. These sculptures nevertheless retain the mysterious potency of more humble objects trusted for centuries to protect, heal, and harm. Art and Power examines an artistic culture in which the sacred and the secular are indivisible, and aesthetic and moral value inseparable.

Pris ved	1	Stk		449,00 DKK

Emne	Afrikansk kunst
Kunstner	Diverse
Forfatter	Constantine Petridis
Sprog	Engelsk tekst
Illustrationer	120 ill, heraf 100 i farver
Format / Sideantal	29 x 24 cm / 160 sider
Udgivelsesår	2008
Indbinding	Indbundet
Forlag	Mercatorfonds
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ISBN	9789061538301
Lev.	3-5 dage

ART AND POWER - Luba - Songye - Luluwa - Chokwe

Revealing the powers immanent in works that the West long regarded only as exotic or abstract, Constantine Petridis looks beneath the surface of the arts of the Luba, Songye, Chokwe, and Luluwa peoples to find, literally embedded in sculpture, the forces that enable the spirit world to intervene in daily life. Ritual use of these objects is expected to ensure a healthy birth, successful hunt, or triumph over an enemy. Analysis of the scholarly record illuminates the changing visions of leadership and prestige that fostered the development of the majestic, elaborate figure styles long prized in the West. These sculptures nevertheless retain the mysterious potency of more humble objects trusted for centuries to protect, heal, and harm. Art and Power examines an artistic culture in which the sacred and the secular are indivisible, and aesthetic and moral value inseparable.