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Author | : Mary Sue Rosen |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780764343360 |
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"Accompanied by photographs of 266 masks, the largest representation of traditional polychrome masks from the Temne people of Sierra Leone and the Anang (Ibibio) people of Nigeria are documented here, as well as one of the largest published collections of articulated masks from the Ogoni people of Nigeria. Also illustrated is a wide range of traditional masks used by other peoples of West and Central Africa, including masks from the nations of Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola"--Jacket.
Author | : Carol Finley |
Publisher | : Lerner Publications |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780822520788 |
Download The Art of African Masks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Describes how different types of masks are made and used in Africa and how they reflect the culture of their ethnic groups.
Author | : Ladislas Segy |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1976-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780486231815 |
Download Masks of Black Africa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Pictures grotesques, masks, and headdresses of various African tribes as well as exploring the psychological and ideological meaning, and ritual function of masks
Author | : Anne-Marie Bouttiaux |
Publisher | : 5Continents |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2009-09 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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With images of African masks alongside contemporary African art, this book presents an original look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks and works by contemporary African artists, it offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals.
Author | : Walter E. A. Van Beek |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2023-10-17 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1847013430 |
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Explores the dynamics of African masquerades and mask performances on the continent, linking performative expressions to societal characteristics. What is the meaning of masks and masquerades in African traditions and how can we understand their role in rituals and performances? Why do we find masks in some African regions and not in others, and what does this 'mask habitat' say about the general dynamics of masquerades in Africa? Though masks are among the most famous art icons of Africa, exploration of their uses and the way in which they articulate social characteristics of African societies has been underexamined. This book takes an anthropological perspective on the phenomenon of masquerades on the African continent to show how mask rituals are an integral part of African indigenous religions and societies, and are informed by and linked to specific types of social and ecological conditions. Having established the commonalities of mask rituals and a mask typology, the authors look at the varieties of mask performances and the types of rituals in which masks function in rites of passage and in rituals of gender, power, and identity. The following chapters focus on different types of rituals featuring masks, from initiation and death ceremonies to secrecy, kingship, law and war. With its broad examination of the use of masks on the continent, from Angola to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DRC, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, this well illustrated book will stand as an authoritative study of the use of masks, of interest not only to those in African Studies but to anthropologists and ethnographers worldwide.
Author | : William Fagg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Masks |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Iris Hahner-Herzog |
Publisher | : Prestel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art, African |
ISBN | : 9783791338071 |
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African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Author | : Peter Stepan |
Publisher | : Prestel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Download Spirits Speak Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Spirits Speak presents a selection of the most important African masks found in major museums and renowned private collections around the globe: an overview such as has never been compiled in this way before. Artistic mastery, charisma, age and authenticity were paramount selection criteria with only the very best examples representing each well-known mask type. An introductory essay elucidates the conceptual intricacies and varying functions of the masks and sweeps away deep-rooted misunderstandings. Enlightening commentaries offer background information about the function and origins of each mask's use within the ethnic groups from which they originate, and a foldout map places them in their original geographical context."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : James Gaasch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 59 |
Release | : 2016-11-29 |
Genre | : Masks |
ISBN | : 9780996673174 |
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The photographs of the African masks and carvers in this book represent the Bwa (or Bwaba), Winiama and Mossi peoples of Burkina Faso, and the Bamana and Dogon peoples of Mali. Gaasch acquired many of these masks in the villages where they were carved. When possible, he interviewed the village carvers, the creators, of these dancing masks. Gaasch's interviews with the carvers underscore the cultural context where traditional African world views persist. And, to the extent possible, they give voice to the masks to reveal their own significance.The masks are, in our times, signifiers of cultures increasingly under siege, hostage to religious fanaticism, or to impoverishing globalization. This small book reaffirms the rights of these masks to continue to dance.
Author | : Chika Okeke-Agulu |
Publisher | : Aperture |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781597113533 |
Download Phyllis Galembo: Maske Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Maske is an album of Phyllis Galembo's powerful and thrilling masquerade photographs, from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Zambia, and Haiti. Introduced by art historian Chika Okeke-Agulu, Galembo's pictures describe traditional masqueraders and carnival characters and are themselves works of vivid artistic imagination.