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Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Keeps Books, Wilmington, IL, U.S.A.
Libro
paperback. Condizione: Good. Spine creased. Cover has light wear. Top of first page clipped. Text unmarked. Ships Next Business Day.
Editore: The Museum for African Art 1993, 1993
Da: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nuova Zelanda
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, light brown cloth boards, dark brown lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims & terminals, 334pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & staining to boards, usual library markings, moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, minimal library markings, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine & front cover).
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Libro
Paperback. Condizione: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Editore: Munich: Prestel & New York: The Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Antiquariat Kretzer, Kirchhain, Germania
Libro
Condizione: Sehr gut. 334 Seiten/Pages. With 282 full color and 27 black and white illustrations. "Robert Farris Thompson, Professor of the History of African and African-American Art at Yale University, has been working on this study of African-Atlantic altars for twenty-five years. Face of the Gods is based on fieldwork in both Africa and the Americas - in Mali, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Zaire, the Central African Republic, Angola, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, on the eastern part of the Atlantic, and in Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Brazil, and Argentina, on the western. The book shows how the Africans and their descendants in the three continents worship not only before points of reverence, foci of sacrifice and prayer, but also, in certain areas, through sacred happening climaxed by possession. In the Afro-Atlantic world the concept "altar" is double: fixed (tree, fire, stone, dais) and moving (ring shouts, dancing, handclapping, circling, ecstasy), leading ultimately to visitation by healing spirits under God. Face of the Gods is an introduction, the first in any language, to a brand-new field in art history: the comparative study of Afro-Atlantic altars. Tracing icons and philosophies in altar-making from major African civilizations to the Americas, the book restores many works of art, long considered in isolation from each other, to their original constellating power. Face of the Gods is richly illustrated with full-color plates. The book opens with the fire altars of the foraging Mbuti, of the Ituri Forest in northeastern Zaire, and of the San, of Namibia. Next it describes minkisi, the extraordinary medicines of God still made in Kongo and the Kongo-influenced civilizations of Central Africa. The minkisi tradition, Thompson shows, traveled intact across the Atlantic. In Havana as in the Bronx, it expands in altars to Afro-Cuban deities such as Sarabanda, its complex symbolic constructions sometimes artfully contained in as small and secret a place as an apartment closet. Likewise derived from Kongo belief are Brazilian tree-altars to the spirit Tempo, as well as altars honoring Indians of the South American interior - the creolized caboclo spirits of Brazil's Umbanda faith. And in the United States, Thompson finds traces of Kongo in everything from recent archeological discoveries to car and motorcycle decor to the myriad forms of traditional black yard art, including bottle trees, memory jugs, and cemetery architecture, all previously most often considered apart from each other. Next, Thompson describes the altar traditions of the Mande/Akan area, touching on archaeological excavations in Mali, the conical clay altars of Upper Volta and Ghana, and the mosque architecture of Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. Above all, he traces the tradition of the flag altar, and its extraordinary transformation among the maroons of Suriname, in northern South America. The largest chapter of Face of the Gods - virtually a book in itself - is an exploration of Yoruba religion and its descendants in the Americas, from Cuba to Brazil to the Bronx and New Jersey. Thompson compares the Nigerian and the American altars to the deities of ancient southwest Nigeria: the clay pillars of the trickster god Eshu, the sacred irons of Ogun, the mortars and axes of the thunder god Shango, and many more - including the altars for the goddesses of the rivers, constructed of found porcelain, which their women makers had charged with appropriative wit centuries before the birth of Duchamp. The beauty and the moral authority of the altars surveyed in this text, from Africa to the Americas, from antiquity to the present, establish Afro-Atlantic faiths as world religious. As Thompson writes, "All this sainted difference is what God wants: as Thomas More noted in Utopia, 'God made different people believe in different things, because He wanted to be worshiped in many different ways.'" -- Schutzumschlag leicht berieben und mit schwacher Lichtkante. - Insgesamt sauberes und noch sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar des Standardwerkes. -- Dust jacket slightly rubbed and with a faint light edge. - Overall, a clean and very well-preserved copy of the standard work. ISBN: 9783791312811 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2650 4° (25-35 cm). Orig.-Leinenband mit blindgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken sowie mit illustriertem Orig.-Schutzumschlag. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
Editore: New York: The Museum of African Art/Prestel 1993., 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Antiquariat Lesekauz Barbara Woeste M.A., Augsburg, Germania
Libro
4°, 334 S. mit zahlreichen Abb., Olwd mit illustriertem Umschlag. Sehr gut erhalten.
Editore: The Museum for African Art and Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Libro
Hardcover with dustjacket, 334 pages; very good condition; except light rubbing, creasing, fading and ruffling to dj with small piece missing from bottom edge of rear; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Editore: Prestel for The Museum of African Art, New York, Munich/New York, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Hourglass Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Libro
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. American First. A catalog of an exhibition at The Museum for African Art in New York; the author a Professor of the History of African and African-American Art at Yale University; a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; a few minor repairs were made to the front cover of the dust jacket and it is now protected by a mylar cover; very well illustrated with both black and white and full-color plates of examples of African art and altars; 334 pages. Book.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
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Editore: Brand: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condizione: new.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
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Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 4.34.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Book Trader Cafe, LLC, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Torn dustjacket looks good in protective mylar sleeve. No Writing in text, slight wear to edges and cover. Ships with tracking the same or next business day from New Haven, CT. We fully guarantee to ship the exact same item as listed and work hard to maintain our excellent customer service.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Libro Prima edizione
Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. A Very Good copy of the First Edition this scarce work in original wraps (spine a bit creased, minor reading wear).
Editore: Museum for African Art / Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Zed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Libro Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. 4to. 334 pp. Brown cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Editore: Museum for African Art / Prestel, New York / Munich, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Libro
Paperback. Color pictorial wraps with red, white and yellow writing; 334 pp.; Profusely illustrated, primarily in color. "Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized and presented by The Museum for African Art, New York. Thompson examines the altar traditions in cultures from the Atlantic coast region of Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and the United States." -WorldCat. VG (scuffing and edgewear to wraps and block, but pages are otherwise clean).
Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Byrd Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: very good. In Used Condition.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 1.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 1.
Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Brand New!.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.
Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Save With Sam, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: New. Brand New!.
Editore: Museum for African Art, 1993
ISBN 10: 0945802137ISBN 13: 9780945802136
Da: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. New.
Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
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Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: GoldenDragon, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Regno Unito
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good. book.
Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: very good. Used.
Editore: Prestel, 1993
ISBN 10: 3791312812ISBN 13: 9783791312811
Da: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: new. New.