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Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
Published by The Museum of African Art / Prestel, New York / Munich, 1993
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
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Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 4to. Pp. 336 with 282 full color and 27 b/w illustrations. Light brown cloth lettered in dark brown. Very Good, faint stain foot of spine, nick to cloth on front board, slightest separation at contents page in Very Good dust jacket, stained at bottom edges, closed tear to head of spine panel. "Face of the Gods is an introduction, the first in any language, to a brand-new field in art history: the comparative study of Afro-Atlantic altars. Tracing icons and philosophies in altar-making from major African civilizations to the Americas, the book restores many works of art, long considered in isolation from each other, to their original constellating power." Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Aesthetics of the Cool Afro Atlantic Art and Music By Robert Ferris Thompson SEALED from publisher.
