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Synopsis
Fang art is one of the most distinguished arts of Black Africa. Its masks, with their facial markings, abstract features and strong, elegant lines, were among the most influential in 20th century modern art. Fang figures, called Bieri, are renowned for their child-like proportions contrasted with a muscular, poised vigilance. Fang art also includes iron currency and other objects that exhibit the traditional African ability to making everyday functional objects things of artistic merit. Fang reviews these artifacts and their social, ritual or symbolic characters. Statuettes related to ancestors, dance masks of the various rites, insignia of power, headdresses and jewellery, decorated music instruments and everyday utensils, all have an amazingly varied aesthetic creativity, in harmony with their profuse world of beliefs and myths.
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Louis Perrois is an ethnologist and art historian; he received his training at the Musee de l'Homme in Paris. Having spent almost twenty years in Gabon and then in Cameroon (1965- 1984), where he was able to conduct a great deal of fieldwork on the tradition and the ritual arts of the different populations of the region (Fang, Kota, Punu, and then Bamileke), he has published some fifteen books and catalogues on the arts of Atlantic Equatorial Africa.
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FANG [VISIONS OF AFRICA 2]
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Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 155 pages; Very Good Minus; spine white with black lettering; minor shelfwear, including creasing at top and bottom edges, rubbing on back cover; textblock clean; shelved case 12. Volume 2 in 'Visions of Africa' series. 1366302. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Seller Inventory # 1366302
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Fang (visions of Africa)
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Paperback. Condition: Very good in wraps. 17 x 26cm 154pp very good paperback. From the cover notes: 'Fang sculpture from Equatorial Africa, Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea is one of the most emblematic expressions of African art. It has been show-cased in exhibitions in Europe and the United States since 1914 in counterpoint to avant-garde painting.' Examples shown here in colour. Seller Inventory # 32638
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Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 150 plus pages in illustrated soft covers. Numerous high-quality colour plates. Fang sculpture from Equatorial Africa is one of the most emblematic expressions of African art. Wooden ancestor statues, masks, decorative art which adorned weapons, finery and everyday utensils. Seller Inventory # 013253
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