The World of Songye

Passions and Collections

François Neyt, Cutsem Anne Vanderstraete-Van, Dieter Buchhart , Jacques Cuisin

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Yale University Press
28 November 2023

History of Art & Design Styles; African history

The ultimate and authoritative introduction to Songye culture, sculpture, masks, and iron forging

This lavishly illustrated book brings a new approach to the masterpieces of Songye, a Bantu ethnic group from the central Democratic Republic of the Congo, exploring the styles of the different regions, the identification of Songye master artists, and the specificity of Kifwebe masks.

The World of Songye displays a large number of unpublished and specially commissioned photographs of Songye works of art from private and public collections, and of historic field photographs. Edited by the unchallenged specialists of the subject with contributions from ten distinguished writers, World of Songye analyzes Songye aesthetics and symbols, the Songye representation of animals and weapons and the history of collecting Songye artifacts on the field. It also explores the religious and magical functions and powers of Songye objects and their influence on modern art, focusing in particular on Jean-Michel Basquiat.

By: Dieter Buchhart, Jacques Cuisin, Kevin Dumouchelle
Edited by: François Neyt, Cutsem Anne Vanderstraete-Van
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 318mm, Width: 251mm,
ISBN: 9780300267020
ISBN 10: 0300267029
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anne Vanderstraete-Van Cutsem is an art historian, author and curator of exhibitions at the Dapper, Wereldmuseum, and Barbier-Mueller museums. François Neyt is professor emeritus at Catholic University of Louvain and the author of numerous reference books on African Art.