Ancestors, Goddesses, and Heroes - Sculptures from Asia, Africa, and Europe (Paperback)

Protecting, healing, or punishing-people of various eras and origins have attributed such powers to the sculptures that are being presented together here for the first time: be it the sculpture of the Mangaaka from what is today the Republic of Congo, the protective goddess Mahamayuri from China, or the Maria on the globe from Southern Germany. Forty-five objects created between the fourth and the nineteenth century from two museums in Berlin provide a vivid testimony to the ever-present need for protection and orientation when dealing with individual or social crises. They represent the existence of an invisible world of gods, spirits, or ancestors, and create a connection between this world and a "different reality." As a result of how they are presented in museums, their context of use is, however, often lost-a situation that is reflected on by the authors of this book.

General

Imprint:	Deutscher Kunstverlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	February 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Stiftung Humboldt Forum
Format:	Paperback - Paperback (DE)
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-3-422-99090-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Exhibition catalogues and specific collections
LSN:	3-422-99090-9
Barcode:	9783422990906

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