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Kota: Visions of Africa Series
Louis Perrois
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Description for Kota: Visions of Africa Series
Paperback. Visions of Africa Series. 160 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). Part of the "Visions of Africa" series, this title offers insight into the art of the Kota people who live in Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFJG; ACBK. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 18. Weight: 636.
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. This new title in the Visions of Africa series offers a deep insight into the art of the Kota people of Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa. The Kota have developed an astonishing creativity in their representations of their ancestors. Their dreamlike figures combine a sharp sense of stylised reality tending towards abstraction with an extraordinary and imaginative use of ... Read more
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. This new title in the Visions of Africa series offers a deep insight into the art of the Kota people of Gabon in the coastal area of western equatorial Africa. The Kota have developed an astonishing creativity in their representations of their ancestors. Their dreamlike figures combine a sharp sense of stylised reality tending towards abstraction with an extraordinary and imaginative use of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
5Continents
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Milan, Italy
ISBN
9788874396078
SKU
V9788874396078
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99-15
About Louis Perrois
Louis Perrois is an ethnologist specialising in the ancient arts and cultures of equatorial Africa. Former director of the Museum of Gabonese Arts and Traditions in Libreville, he carried out fieldwork in Gabon and Cameroon for twenty years and taught at the University of Paris 1. Perrois has published several works on these regions, notably Arts du Gabon, and in ... Read more
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