The Horse Rider in African Art
Language: English
Published by Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 2011
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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381 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), 1 colour map ; 24 x 28 cm. Summary:"Horses are very rare in Africa. The few to be found west of Sudan, from the lands of the Sahara and Sahel down to the fringes of the tropical forests, belong to the king, the chief warrior and to notable persons. Due to the dense humidity of the tropical rainforest and the deadly tsetse fly, only restricted numbers of horses survive. And yet rider and mount sculptures are common among the Dogon, Djenne, Bamana, Senufo and the Yoruba people. The Akan-Asante people of Ghana and the Kotoko of Chad produced a good deal of small casting brass and bronze sculptures. Some of the artists could barely even have caught a glimpse of a horse. This visually stunning book presents a wealth of African art depicting the horse and its rider in a variety of guises, from Epa masks and Yoruba divination cups to Dogon sculptures and Senufo carvings. In Mali, the Bamana, Boso and Somono ethnic groups still celebrate the festivals of the puppet masquerade. The final chapter of this book is dedicated to the art and cult of these festivals, which are still alive and well. It is not the habit of the African artist to provide intellectual statements for his work, yet his unique creative dynamic and far-searching vision does not conflict with that of his Western counterpart. It is fair to state that the African, who though not educated in Western art history, contributed his fair share to the shaping of modern art. Features works from museums in both Africa and Europe, including the Musée Royal de L'Afrique Central, Tervuren in Belgium; Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands; Musée du quai Branly, Paris; Museum Rietberg, Zurich; The British Museum, London; Museu National de Antologia, Lisbon and National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria.".…
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- Title
- The Horse Rider in African Art
- Author
- George Chemeche, John Pemberton
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1851496343
- ISBN 13
- 9781851496341
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 2,223 grams
- Dimensions
- 24.21 centimeters width by 28.91 centimeters height by 3.56 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Africa, Anthropology, Art, Nature
- This visually stunning book presents a wealth of African art depicting the horse and its rider
- Detailed in a variety of guises from Epa masks and Yoruba divination cups to Dogon sculptures and Senufo carvings
Horses are very rare in Africa. The few to be found west of Sudan, from the lands of the Sahara and Sahel down to the fringes of the tropical forests, belong to the king, the chief warrior and to notable persons. Due to the dense humidity of the tropical rainforest and the deadly tsetse fly, only restricted numbers of horses survive. And yet rider and mount sculptures are common among the Dogon, Djenne, Bamana, Senufo and the Yoruba people. The Akan-Asante people of Ghana and the Kotoko of Chad produced a good deal of small casting brass and bronze sculptures. Some of the artists could barely even have caught a glimpse of a horse.
This visually stunning book presents a wealth of African art depicting the horse and its rider in a variety of guises, from Epa masks and Yoruba divination cups to Dogon sculptures and Senufo carvings. In Mali, the Bamana, Boso and Somono ethnic groups still celebrate the festivals of the puppet masquerade. The final chapter of this book is dedicated to the art and cult of these festivals, which are still alive and well.
It is not the habit of the African artist to provide intellectual statements for his work, yet his unique creative dynamic and far-searching vision does not conflict with that of his Western counterpart. It is fair to state that the African, who though not educated in Western art history, contributed his fair share to the shaping of modern art. Features works from museums in both Africa and Europe, including the Musée Royal de L'Afrique Central, Tervuren in Belgium; Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands; Musée du quai Branly, Paris; Museum Rietberg, Zurich; The British Museum, London; Museu National de Antologia, Lisbon and The National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria.
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About the Author
Mary Jo Arnoldi is Curator for African Ethnology and Arts at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Trained in anthropology and art history, she has been conducting research in Mali since 1978 and has published widely on the country's cultural heritage, social life and history. She has curated several exhibitions, including the National Museum of Natural History's African Voices (permanent exhibition).
Kate Ezra is the Nolen Curator of Academic Affairs at the Yale University Art Gallery. Previously, she has been Professor of Art History at Columbia College, Chicago, and Associate Curator of African Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She has curated more than a dozen exhibitions on African art and written numerous accompanying exhibition catalogues, including A Human Ideal in African Art: Bamana Figurative Sculpture.
Bernard de Grunne has been an antiques dealer, specializing in fine tribal arts, since 1996, having first attained a Ph.D.in History of Art from Yale University (1987). He previously worked as Director of Tribal Art at Sotheby's in New York. He has written expensively on African art and curated several exhibitions.
John Pemberton III has written and edited countless texts concerning African art, including Yoruba: Nina Centuries of African Art and Thought (1989) and Insight and Artistry in African Divination (2000). In 2006, he was awarded an Emeritus Fellowship (Religion and African Studies, Amherst College) from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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