The seventy-plus carved objects from the Democratic Republic of the Congo presented in this book have something remarkable in common: They are permeated with the powers of magic and sorcery, and are believed to be inhabited by the spirits of nature and the ghosts of ancestors.
Selected with great care by Patric Didier Claes, a Belgian expert in African art, the works are from the Kingdom of Luba, at the source of the Congo, and the Kingdoms of Kongo and Teke. Each sculpture is identified, indexed, meticulously described, placed in context, and pinpointed as an example of the particular carving style of a specific workshop.
Text in English and French.
AUTHORS: François Neyt is Director of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at the Catholic University of Louvain. Hughes Dubois is a photographer specialising in advertising and art.
163 colour images
By:
Patric Didier Claes Photographs by:
Hughes Dubois Text by:
Francois Neyt Imprint: Five Continents Editions Country of Publication: Italy Dimensions:
Height: 285mm,
Width: 240mm,
Spine: 29mm
Weight: 1.896kg ISBN:9788874396542 ISBN 10: 8874396546 Pages: 288 Publication Date:01 July 2019 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Unspecified
François Neyt is Director of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at the Catholic University of Louvain. Hughes Dubois is a photographer specialising in advertising and art.