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African Masters - Art from the Ivory Coast (Hardcover)
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African Masters - Art from the Ivory Coast (Hardcover)
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West Africa has a rich and long artistic tradition. In particular,
Ivory Coast is home to a vast number of sculptors, some of which
have created work that bears comparison with masters of European
art, such as Michelangelo or Picasso. Yet the view still prevails
that no aesthetic principles can be found in traditional African
art, nor that independent artistic personalities have ever emerged
from this tradition. Only tribal workshops with anonymous artists
are identified. African Masters proves this simplistic and
patronising verdict wrong. Essays by renowned scholars investigate
the role of the artists in traditional, and modern, society, their
ideal of beauty and its transformation into works of art. The book
also offers the first comprehensive overview of the most
significant sculptors from Ivory Coast and its neighbouring
countries. It discusses the oeuvre of ancient masters from the
people of Guro, Senufo, Dan, Baule, Lobi, and from the lagoons and
puts them in context with local contemporary art. African Masters
features around 200 masterpieces from private and public
collections, including that of Museum Rietberg Zurich, all in full
colour and many of full-page plates.
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