Emil Torday and the Art of the Congo, 1900-1909 [paperback] Mack, John [Mar 01, 1991]

Emil Torday and the Art of the Congo, 1900-1909

Arts & Photography

MACK, JOHN

History & Criticism

Univ of Washington Pr

An illustrated survey of African textiles - their design, manufacture, and use - as part of African life, art, and culture.

AFRICAN EXTILES

PICTON, JOHN

Routledge

Introduces the history and culture of the best known of the African peoples, who make up about twenty-five percent of the black population of South Africa.

Zulus (Surviving Peoples)

Children's Books

Silver Burdett Pr

There is a true fascination with all things miniature and with the skills involved in creating a miniature work of art. Speaking of such works, anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss remarked that "all miniatures seem to have an intrinsic aesthetic quality." And who could fail to be beguiled by an exquisite Elizabethan miniature painting, an intricately carved Japanese netsuke, the words of the Lord's Prayer engraved on a minute jewelled clasp, or the gemlike perfection of an eighteenth-century Italian micro-mosaic? 
 This richly illustrated book celebrates the art of the miniature, but also looks beyond it at the many aspects of "small worlds"--in particular, their capacity to evoke responses that far exceed their physical dimensions. Author John Mack explores the talismanic, religious, or magical properties with which miniatures are often imbued. Considering a wide range of objects--from Mughal miniature paintings, ancient Egyptian amulets, Ashanti gold weights, and Aztec jade figures to Hindu temple carts, English prints and drawings, classical Greek jewelry, maps, mosaics, models, and magical gems--he examines the use of the miniature form in various cultural contexts. He also assesses the importance of scale and questions the definition of "miniature." How large or small can a miniature be? Is a map a miniaturization of a larger world? What is the point of an object that is almost too small to be seen by the human eye? From Gulliver to King Kong, classical art to surrealism, Aristotle to the Yoruba, The Art of Small Things shows us, in fine detail, the exquisite and the esoteric, the wondrous and the weird.

The Art of Small Things

Harvard University Press

This book covers the vast field of sculpture produced by traditional societies of the non-Western world. The sculptures range from the delicate and affectionate ivory carvings of the Eskimo hunters of the Arctic to the dignified King figures of the Bakuba people of Central Africa. The wealth and variety of these works of art, only recently appreciated by Europeans, is one of the great cultural inheritances of mankind. This lively and authoritative work examines the thinking behind the creation of such sculptures, describes the virtuoso skills and imaginative powers of their creators and shows how different materials and techniques influence the sculptural forms produced.

Ethnic Sculpture

McLeod, Malcolm

Nightmares and Human Conflict

Nightmares and human conflict

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Little,Brown

African Textiles

Decorative Arts & Design

Madagascar, island of the ancestors

History

Africa

Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications

In this new edition of a classic book, eight leading experts explore the stories of masks across ancient and modern civilizations in a fascinating survey of their meaning and power. Illustrated with an array of masks from the British Museum and beyond, Masks: The Art of Expression provides a fascinating insight into the great variety of masks and masking traditions from around the world.

Masks (Hardback) /anglais

Humor & Entertainment

BRITISH MUSEUM

Masks The Art of Expression - (Paperback) /anglais

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