By Christa Clarke
В книге представлено богатое и разнообразнейшее по своей художественной выразительности наследие африканского искусства. На страницах книги можно ознакомиться с forty традиционными работами африканского континента, находящимися в коллекции музея «Metropolitan».
Книга также включает краткое описание истории континента, разъяснение роли образного выражения в Африке, а также подробные комментарии к каждому представленному экспонату.
Книга снабжена хорошими иллюстрациями.
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An artist’s aesthetic choices, such as proportion, scale, details, and decoration, individualize the artwork. Furthermore, style is not a fixed entity. There may be multiple styles of art within one cultural group. Some Fon artists, for example, produce luxury objects sheathed in silver for royal patrons, while others in the same society create artifacts encrusted with organic materials used in divination (images 16, 17). Style may cross cultural borders—as patrons commission works from artists in neighboring societies—or change over time.
The ritual’s goal is to ensure the safe passage of the spirits of the deceased to the world of the ancestors. The ceremony is organized by members of Awa, a male initiation society with ritual and political roles within Dogon society. As part of the public rites related to death and remembrance, Awa society members are responsible for the creation and performance of the masks. Like other Dogon wooden masks, kanaga masks depict the face as a rectangular box with deeply hollowed channels for the eyes.
Now displayed together in the Museum’s collection, each of these figures originally came from a different community where they were paired with mates of their own size. Each of these works embodies complementary Bamana ideals of physical beauty and moral character. The seated mother with child is referred to as Gwandusu, a name evoking strength, passion, and conviction. It combines Gwan, the name of the organization itself that also means hot, hard, or difficult, and dusu, which translates as soul, heart, passion, courage, and anger.