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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
PublishedOn
2012-08-03
Title
Kota: Visions of Africa Series
Artist
Not Specified
Type
Not Specified
Publication Name
Not Specified
ISBN
9788874396078
Book Title
Kota
Book Series
Visions of Africa Ser.
Publisher
5 Continents
Item Length
9.5 in
Publication Year
2012
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Louis Perrois
Genre
Art
Topic
Sculpture & Installation, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, African
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
5 Continents
ISBN-10
8874396074
ISBN-13
9788874396078
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117378818

Product Key Features

Book Title
Kota
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sculpture & Installation, History / Prehistoric & Primitive, African
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art
Author
Louis Perrois
Book Series
Visions of Africa Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
704.0396721
Synopsis
An in-depth exploration of the significance of art in the culture of the Kota people of Gabon in equatorial Africa, focusing on form, function and meaning, as well as the interplay of verbal and visual imagery., The Kota people, who live in Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa, have developed an astonishing creativity in representations of their ancestors. Dreamlike figures combine a sharp sense of stylized reality tending toward abstraction with an extraordinary and imaginative use of copper, tin, and iron for purposes of decoration. But what seems at first to have been a matter of aesthetic taste has in fact a symbolic function, as most of the decorative motifs and the choice of the technique are linked to the kinship system or religious beliefs. The reliquary figures and initiation masks of the Kota and Mbete served both as aide-m moires and as instruments useful in arousing the forces of the netherworld among the Gabonese and Congolese in times past. Together with the Fang byeri and other nkisi punu , they have gradually become the time-honored emblems of a culture paying tribute to ancestral values of the peoples of the African equatorial forest., The Kota people, who live in Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa, have developed an astonishing creativity in representations of their ancestors. Dreamlike figures combine a sharp sense of stylized reality tending toward abstraction with an extraordinary and imaginative use of copper, tin, and iron for purposes of decoration. But what seems at first to have been a matter of aesthetic taste has in fact a symbolic function, as most of the decorative motifs and the choice of the technique are linked to the kinship system or religious beliefs. The reliquary figures and initiation masks of the Kota and Mbete served both as aide-mémoires and as instruments useful in arousing the forces of the netherworld among the Gabonese and Congolese in times past. Together with the Fang byeri and other nkisi punu , they have gradually become the time-honored emblems of a culture paying tribute to ancestral values of the peoples of the African equatorial forest.
LC Classification Number
N7399.G252

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