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Synopsis
Idealized pairings have been an enduring concern of sculptors across the African continent. This universal theme of duality is now examined in a handsome book that presents African sculptural masterpieces created in wood, bronze, terracotta, and beadwork from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. Drawn from twenty-four sub-Saharan African cultures, including those of the Dogon, Lobi, Baule, Senufo, Yoruba, Chamba, Jukun, Songye, and Sakalava, the sculptures tell much about each culture's beliefs and social ideals. These artistic creations are astonishingly rich and diverse forms of expression. An essay written by Alisa LaGamma discusses thirty works, all of which are illustrated in colour. This book is the catalogue for an exhibition on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 10 to September 5, 2004).
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This book is the catalogue for an exhibition on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 10 to September 5, 2004).
About the Author
Alisa LaGamma is Associate Curator in the Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is the author of Genesis: Ideas of Origins in African Sculpture, also available from Yale University Press.
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- PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1588391086
- ISBN 13 9781588391087
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages52
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Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004
ISBN 10: 1588391086
ISBN 13: 9781588391087
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Paperback. Navy blue wraps with color-photo illustration; 52 pp.; richly illustrated. "Across the vastness and complexity of sub-Saharan Africa, and throughout the centuries, representations of couples have evoked a fundamental desire of the human condition--a yearning of the individual to transcend isolation and connect with an "other." Figurative pairs created by artists from the extreme reaches of the continent, ranging from the Dogon of Mali to the Sakalava of Madagascar, constitute artistic explorations into this realm of duality. This publication examines the representation of couples in African sculpture, and explores the underlying social and philosophical ideas concerning duality that are culture-specific." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website. VG (Light edgewear to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Seller Inventory # 194972
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