Buy this book on-line Herreman, Frank;Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.);Burssens, Herman : Material Differences: Art and Identity in AfricaMuseum for African Art, Queens, New York, U.S.A., 2003 ISBN 094580234X
Museum for African Art, New York, 2003. Softcover. Book Condition: Fine (New). 11.75" x 9". 179 pages. 128 color photographs of artworks exhibited including masks, figures, currencies, staffs and containers in various media "to demonstrate that in many cases each of the materials that are chosen to create a work of art, have an intrinsic symbolic meaning which contributes to a major extent to the metaphorical significance of the artwork as a ritual object. Secondly, the nature of these materials demonstrates that each of them may lead to different formal solutions. . .". 28 color and black & white in situ photographs. Contributors include Herman Burssens, Michelle Chadeisson, Herbert Cole, Wm. Dewey, Perkins Foss, Paula Ben-Amos Girshick, Manuel Jordan, Constantine Petridis, Christopher Roy and Jerome Vogel.. Book Condition: Fine as New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Herreman, Frank;Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.);Burssens, Herman : Material Differences: Art and Identity in Africa. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, out-of-print books, rare books, first editions and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |