African art : from the Menil collection

著者

• Van Dyke, Kristina
• Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)

書誌事項

African art : from the Menil collection

edited by Kristina Van Dyke ; contributions by Marla C. Berns ... [et al.]

Menil Foundation , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2008

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Bamana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artifacts found in the renowned Menil Collection. This stunning book-the first comprehensive catalogue on the de Menils' collection of African art-features 115 of the museum's finest pieces. Dating primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries, these works come from North Africa and the Sahel, Coastal West Africa, and Central and East Africa. An essay by scholar Kristina Van Dyke discusses the formation of the collection, which was inspired in part by its relationship to modernist works and by the couple's interest in human rights. This insightful text also explains how the de Menils' visionary spirit was influenced by African art and places those objects within the context of the whole of the de Menils' collection, in which works from ancient, Byzantine, medieval, modern, Oceanic, and Native American cultures speak to the universal struggle for human understanding. Entries for the selected works were written by leading scholars in the field and are grouped into sections based on regions. Distributed for The Menil Collection

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA89574513
• ISBN:
  • 9780300123760
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Houston, Texas,New Haven, Conn.
• ページ数/冊数: 239 p.
• 大きさ: 30 cm
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Art, African -- Catalogs
  • LCSH : Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.) -- Catalogs