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4to, 240pp. Colour and black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover with dust jacket., 288 pages, 277 ills. 24 x 28,5 cm, Text in English, *new. ISBN 9788874398157. At the beginning of the twentieth century, at a time of turmoil when art was undergoing unprecedented upheaval, the West, and especially France, began to turn its eyes towards distant cultures until then largely neglected. Artists were in the throes of questioning all canons and were seduced by the freshness they found in the art of these cultures. The outcome is what we know today as 'Primitivism'. But at the same time, through a sort of aesthetic empathy, art lovers, critics, poets, and dealers developed a passion for the intrinsic beauty of these objects, which began to arrive in Europe in large numbers, brought home by colonial administrators, missionaries, or officers on overseas postings. The extraordinary expressiveness and at the same time great harmoniousness of the best of these works enchanted them. Guillaume Apollinaire was not afraid to talk of 'the very principles of great art' when discussing African art. 2060 g.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 8° - 155pp - Photo-reproductions. The Photographer's eye by John Szarkowski (1925-2007) American photographer, curator, historian, and critic. From 1962 to 1991 Szarkowski was the director of photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Early life and career. First Italian edition, text in Italian.Original wrappers. As New!

Couverture reliee sous jaquette, 311 pages, illustre, 25 x 29 cm Texte en Francais / ENGLISH. ISBN 9788874398317. Cet ouvrage met en scene une impressionnante collection particuliere de sculptures et d'objets provenant des quatre coins de l'Afrique. Outre de nombreux masques, on y decouvre aussi des reliquaires gabonais ou des statuettes du Congo-Brazzaville et du Congo-Kinshasa. La culture Africaine se laisse apprecier par des representations dont les formes variees nous font voyager du Mali au Cameroun en passant par le Nigeria. 0 g.