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Striking Iron
The Art of African Blacksmiths
Buch von Allen F Roberts (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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For more than two millennia, African blacksmiths have transformed one of Earth's most basic natural resources into objects of life-changing utility, empowerment, prestige, spiritual potency, and astonishing artistry-shaping African cultures in the most fundamental ways. Striking Iron combines interdisciplinary scholarship with vivid illustrations to offer the most comprehensive treatment to date of the blacksmith's art in sub-Saharan Africa. Interspersed throughout are photographs of more than 250 diverse works from over 100 ethnic groups-including tools, blades, currencies, wood sculptures studded with iron, musical instruments, and accoutrements-with field photographs documenting blacksmiths at work and objects in use. Seventeen contributors write from the disciplinary perspectives of art history, art, anthropology, archaeology, history, and astronomy, examining how the blacksmiths' virtuosity can harness powers of the natural and spiritual worlds, effect change and ensure protection, assist with life's challenges and transitions, and enhance the efficacies of sacred acts.

Exhibition dates: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, November 19, 2019, to March 29, 2020

For more than two millennia, African blacksmiths have transformed one of Earth's most basic natural resources into objects of life-changing utility, empowerment, prestige, spiritual potency, and astonishing artistry-shaping African cultures in the most fundamental ways. Striking Iron combines interdisciplinary scholarship with vivid illustrations to offer the most comprehensive treatment to date of the blacksmith's art in sub-Saharan Africa. Interspersed throughout are photographs of more than 250 diverse works from over 100 ethnic groups-including tools, blades, currencies, wood sculptures studded with iron, musical instruments, and accoutrements-with field photographs documenting blacksmiths at work and objects in use. Seventeen contributors write from the disciplinary perspectives of art history, art, anthropology, archaeology, history, and astronomy, examining how the blacksmiths' virtuosity can harness powers of the natural and spiritual worlds, effect change and ensure protection, assist with life's challenges and transitions, and enhance the efficacies of sacred acts.

Exhibition dates: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, November 19, 2019, to March 29, 2020

Über den Autor
Allen F. Roberts, Tom Joyce, and Marla C. Berns
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780990762669
ISBN-10: 0990762661
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Roberts, Allen F
Joyce, Tom
Berns, Marla C
Hersteller: University of Washington Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 289 x 240 x 48 mm
Von/Mit: Allen F Roberts (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.12.2019
Gewicht: 2,677 kg
Artikel-ID: 132517745
Über den Autor
Allen F. Roberts, Tom Joyce, and Marla C. Berns
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780990762669
ISBN-10: 0990762661
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Redaktion: Roberts, Allen F
Joyce, Tom
Berns, Marla C
Hersteller: University of Washington Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 289 x 240 x 48 mm
Von/Mit: Allen F Roberts (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.12.2019
Gewicht: 2,677 kg
Artikel-ID: 132517745
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