The Scramble for Art in Central AfricaThe contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and America from Congo towards the end of the nineteenth century, and became the subjects of museum displays. They also present fascinating case-studies of the pioneering collectors, including such major figures as Frobenius and Torday, discuss the complex and sensitive issues involved in the business of 'collecting', and considers how these objects were used in the invention of Africa by the west. |
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Objects and agendas recollecting the Congo | 1 |
Enlightened but in darkness Interpretations of Kuba art and culture at the turn of the twentieth century | 37 |
Kuba art and the birth of ethnography | 63 |
Curios and curiosity Notes on reading Torday and Frobenius | 79 |
On the ethnography and economics of collecting from Leo Frobenius Nochmals zu den Bakubavõlkern | 101 |
Artes Africanae the western discovery of Art in northeastern Congo | 109 |
Nineteenthcentury images of the Mangbetu in explorers accounts | 133 |
Personal styles and disciplinary paradigms Frederick Starr and Herbert Lang | 169 |
Where art and ethnology met The Ward African Collection at the Smithsonian | 193 |
Magic or as we usually say Art A framework for comparing European and African art | 217 |
References | 236 |
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The Scramble for Art in Central Africa Enid Schildkrout,Curtis A. Keim Ingen förhandsgranskning - 1998 |
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| Titel | The Scramble for Art in Central Africa The Scramble for Art in Central Africa, Enid Schildkrout |
| Redaktörer | Enid Schildkrout, Curtis A. Keim |
| Utgåva | illustrerad |
| Utgivare | Cambridge University Press, 1998 |
| ISBN | 052158678X, 9780521586788 |
| Längd | 257 sidor |
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