Description
This work shows by statuary and its mask art what is particular about the African intellectual nature and its contribution to the cultural history of humanity. For 50 years, Serge Diakonoff has traveled the world to build a collection of more than 900 masks and sculptures and presents here, for the first time, the whole of African tribal art through a unique, remarkable and representative selection of this art.
He shows us uncommon or atypical objects, sometimes totally absent from classical African iconography. The set of accompanying legends, as well as some explanatory texts, give a global idea of the spirituality of Black Africa and the reasons that led its peoples to produce an indigenous art of great invention and such diversity.
Characteristics
Author : DIAKONOFF SERGE
- Number of pages
- 376
- Publication date
- 4/12/2008
- Dimensions
- 27cm x 32cm
- Categories
- Bookshop & Media, General Books
