Eternal ancestors : the art of the Central African reliquary / edited by Alisa LaGamma ; with contributions by Barbara Boehm ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LaGamma, Alisa.

Boehm, Barbara Drake.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculpture, Central African (Central Africa)--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Central African (Central Africa).

Sculpture, Black--Africa, Central--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Black.

Reliquaries--Africa, Central--Exhibitions.

Reliquaries.

Ancestral shrines--Africa, Central--Exhibitions.

Ancestral shrines.

Central Africa.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xi, 355 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]

Summary:

Many masterpieces of central African sculpture were created to amplify the power of sacred relics that affirm a family' s vital connection to its ancestral heritage. This important volume, focusing on some 130 works representing a diverse variety of regional genres, illuminates the purpose and significance of these icons of African art, which first came to prominence because of their appeal to the Western avant-garde. While providing an overview of sources ranging from colonial explorers, missionaries, critics, artists, and art historians, the book breaks new ground in its examination of the complex aesthetic and spiritual dimensions of the reliquaries. Its interdisciplinary approach brings together the perspectives of scholars in African and medieval art history along with those in African history, religion, and ethnography.

Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 2, 2007-Mar. 2, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index.

ISBN:

9781588392275

1588392279

9781588392282

1588392287

9780300124095

0300124090

OCLC:

154689036