Collectors' visions : arts of Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia and the Americas
Title:
Collectors' visions : arts of Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia and the Americas
Author:
Valluet, Christine, author.
ISBN:
9788874398157
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Milan, Italy : 5 Continents Editions, c2018.
Physical Description:
287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Contents:
"Primitive" art: a century of discovery and collecting in France -- In praise of beauty: instinct and enchantment in the discovery of tribal art -- Early encounters: artefacts sought and appreciated in the early twentieth century -- Post-war discoveries: a fresh appraisal -- Tribal art in France during the twentieth century -- Tribal art in France in the computer age: continuity and new figures.
Abstract:
"Thanks to the pioneering vision of enlightened art lovers -- art critics, collectors, dealers and artists -- the dawn of the 20th century saw the creations of sculptors in distant lands turn from being regarded as items of ethnographic evidence into bone fide artworks. This book presents the genius of the peoples who generated this art and the figures who were active in the tribal art world in France until the 1980s. Stunningly illustrated with examples of artefacts of striking beauty, many of which pictured for the first time, it invites the reader to ponder on the perception of beauty."--Jacket
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
Field 805:
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