See the Music, Hear the Dance. Rethinking African Art at The Baltimore Museum of Art

I ed. Testo in inglese. Tvolume pubblicato in occasione del 90th anniversay of the founding of The Baltimore Museum of Art (1914-2004). IV/ 304/ cart./ sovraccoperta patinata con grafica in giallo/n/b ed illustrata a colori ai piatti (front cover: Ngady Mwaash performs at a funeral for an initiated man. Southern Kuba, Community of Boganciala, Congo (Kinshasa) - back cover: Female Mask (Ngady Mwaash), Kuba (Congo (Kinshasa), c. Late 19th-early 20th century. Wood, metal, fiber beads, cowriie shells, paint, cotton, raffia. H. 34,3 cm. Gift of Alan Wurtzburger). With 234 illustrations, 205 in color. Sguardie in carta liscia nera. Designed and typeset by WIGEL, Munich. Stato buono. Contents: Forewords - Acknowledgements - Prologue - Map of Africa - Overture: A consideration of the fragment --- The surface: renewal and identity - Accumulative form and ornamentation - Costuming, concealmenrt, and revelation - Dance, movement, and gesture - Sound, music, and spirit - Narrative, history, and message - The "audience" - Associated objects and the ensemble - Staging: space, architecture, and enclosure - Timing and duration - Lighting and visual access - The olfactory - Taste, touch, feeling, and visceral sensations - Serendipity, improvisation, and creative agency --- Denouement - Afterword; Francis Harding - Contributors - references - Index.…